Based in 2023 by Deepak Kumar and Amar Sneh, Oncare goals to revolutionise India’s most cancers care panorama by partnering with 50-100-bed hospitals to create devoted oncology wings. By way of these partnerships, Oncare is lowering remedy prices by as much as 40%. The model’s goal is to supply an inexpensive but high-quality different to costly most cancers remedy — which frequently exceeds Rs 10 lakh in company hospitals. By repurposing underutilised hospital area, Oncare ensures that sufferers obtain complete care whereas addressing one of the urgent challenges within the Indian healthcare system — entry to inexpensive most cancers remedy.
Kumar stated the $1 million seed funding would primarily be used to increase Oncare’s footprint throughout India, with a purpose of opening 10 new centres in Delhi-NCR, Bangalore and Jaipur inside the subsequent two years. “This may enable us to achieve extra sufferers and make most cancers care accessible to a wider viewers. The funding may even help the enlargement of our crew — each scientific and administrative — to make sure we preserve high-quality care as we scale up. Furthermore, we plan to extend our advertising and marketing efforts to boost consciousness about our mission to make most cancers remedy accessible and inexpensive for underserved sufferers,” he stated.
Rising as a silent epidemic, the most cancers burden in India is staggering, with annual circumstances anticipated to rise from 1.39 million in 2020 to 1.57 million by 2025, in keeping with the annual Well being of Nation report by Apollo Hospitals. Nonetheless, excessive remedy prices, restricted availability of oncology centres, and a scarcity of specialized professionals are making most cancers care inaccessible to thousands and thousands. Recognising these challenges, Oncare is stepping in with an modern mannequin that goals to bridge this hole by making specialised most cancers care each inexpensive and accessible.
Sanil Sachar, Founding Companion of Huddle Ventures, stated, “High quality healthcare is a basic proper, but it stays inaccessible to many throughout varied financial strata. We see a big hole within the consistency and accessibility of most cancers care that each affected person deserves. By backing Oncare, our purpose is to make sure the supply of high-quality, inexpensive oncology remedies throughout the nation. We’re excited to help Oncare’s journey to develop into the main oncology supplier in India, pushed by their dedication to creating a tangible distinction in sufferers’ lives.”
Oncare has been operational in South Delhi for the previous 10 months, whereby it has offered over 2,500 sufferers with steering on remedy plans and has efficiently accomplished over 500 remedy periods. On October 1, it expanded its footprint to Ghaziabad with the launch of its first centre within the metropolis. It’s also set to increase to West Delhi with its first centre within the area going reside on November 1.“To this point, now we have offered remedy steering to over 2,500 sufferers and efficiently accomplished over 500 remedy periods. This enlargement will enable us to make specialised most cancers care extra accessible and inexpensive for thousands and thousands of underserved sufferers. Our mission is to construct a community of centres that supply compassionate, high-quality, and cost-effective most cancers care, reworking the way in which most cancers remedy is delivered in India,” Kumar added.