WELCARE

Welcare was born out of a dire need for innovation in India's eye screening space .In India there are nine ophthalmologists for every million people, as compared to the U.S., where there are 81 ophthalmologists for every million people. There are 60 million people in India affected by diabetes, of which one in every four people will have diabetic retinopathy, an illness which damages the retina due to complications caused by diabetes. Less than 5% of these patients gets screened by Ophthalmologists. This led the promoters of Welcare Health Systems Dr. Senthil and Dr. Malathi to turn healthcare entrepreneurs and setup Welcare Health Systems (WHS), an affordable eye screening startup. Literally, every person on the road needs to be tested for diabetic retinopathy... Welcare also operates in Paediatric Vision Screening space, there are more than 350 Million Children in India and there is no formal eye screening system available in India to check these Children . One in Four of them can..

Primary location: Chennai India