LifeClinic India unveiled its FDA-approved blood-pressure monitoring system at Hotel Katriya Fortune on Monday. The product, which was launched nationally this week, aims to improve the health of the citizens of India and to reduce health-care expenditures through early detection of chronic disease risk factors.
LifeClinic International operates in 31 countries, and their products have enjoyed wide use and success. Their Health Station, which will soon see wide usage throughout India, aims to provide safe and affordable blood-pressure monitoring.
“I‘ve seen several people suffering from chronic diseases,” said LifeClinic India chairman T Venkateswer Goud. “Millions die unaware of their high blood pressure, even though such conditions are easily treatable, if diagnosed.” In India, 3.78 million died in 1990 of preventable chronic diseases, and this is expected to reach 7.6 million in 2020, which would account for 60.6 per cent of all deaths.
Goud said that “Only 20 per cent of chronic disease deaths occur in high income countries, while 80 per cent occur in mid-to-low income countries, which, unfortunately, are where most of the world‘s population lives.” To ameliorate these statistics, the LifeClinic Automated Health Stations will be placed in areas accessible to the masses, such as airports, bus terminals, railway stations and metro railways.
With the push of a button, a consumer can receive detailed information regarding their blood pressure, cholesterol and other health factors, as well as instructions as to what to do if their factors are in a danger zone. No doctors are required for these diagnostics – the user simply places his or her arm in the pressure reading device and presses a button.
In addition, LifeClinic is working on projects in rural India, which will provide better health facilities for villagers as well as a source of employment. “Over the next 10 years, we hope to bring 100,000 diagnostic units to India,” said Goud, “These would be dispersed all over the country.” James Evans, American CFO of LifeClinic International, said a few words about his company‘s prospects in India.
“We‘ve been able to bring blood pressure awareness to 1 million people in America per day,” he said, “Utilising that business model in India, just think what we can do.”
