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Most people do not visit healthcare sites until they are ill. But when that happens and one's patent pill box or neighbourhood physician doesn't seem to be the cure, a flurry of searches follow before further consultations can take place. In the good old days, human contacts and word of mouth used to help us out. Today, we turn to the Internet to find out more about <keyword id="25205" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="doctors">doctors</keyword>, <keyword id="6365858" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="hospitals">hospitals</keyword>, types of treatment and most importantly, estimated costs. Yet, the options could be numerous and quite confusing, eating up precious time before actual treatment can start. That's precisely why Surgerica.com has stepped in - offering a <keyword id="1912831" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Price-and-quality-discovery-platform">price and quality discovery platform</keyword> for <keyword id="634495" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Healthcare-services">healthcare services</keyword> (both surgical and <keyword id="1912837" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="non-surgical-care">non-surgical care</keyword>). It also connects patients with doctors through its online platform, books admission and helps with <keyword id="1912850" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="post-treatment-care">post-treatment care</keyword>. 
 All these may help gain traction in a country where the majority is constantly on the lookout for affordable but quality healthcare. This is also pushing the cost-effective, wide-reaching <keyword id="1912841" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="e-healthcare-market">e-healthcare market</keyword>, estimated to touch $2 billion by 2015. So start-ups like Surgerica are betting big on this space with a view to make it big in the near future. Here is a snapshot that captures the Kolkata-based firm’s vision and viability. 
 
Who runs Surgerica.com: A team of three - <keyword id="221665" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Amit-Bhagat">Amit Bhagat</keyword>, <keyword id="1912828" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Amarendra-Kumar">Amarendra Kumar</keyword> and <keyword id="6658093" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Piyush-Gupta">Piyush Gupta</keyword>. Amit is a Delhi University passout, holds an MBA from NIT and is in charge of sales &amp; marketing. But it's his passion to help others that got the concept off the board. Amarendra has graduated from <keyword id="6354925" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Kolkata">Kolkata</keyword> University and looks after partnerships &amp; alliances. Piyush is an NIT grad, takes care of all things tech and loves to code at night. 
 
What inspired the venture: Medical emergency at a personal level. When Amit's father underwent a coronary artery bypass surgery), no information was available about <keyword id="6355907" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Medical-facilities">medical facilities</keyword> or estimated cost. Even an Internet search did not help. The same thing happened when Amarendra's niece was diagnosed with a heart condition. "That's when we decided to start a venture that will help patients with details of hospitals, cost of treatment and other essential information," says Amarendra. 
 
What's the pitch: Connect to choose, consult and compare (costs) for your care. In other words, it is connecting patients with data and doctors to usher in some much-needed transparency in pricing and treatment. 
 
How it works: Type in your query on the site and choose the doctor/hospital you want to contact. One can also upload healthcare records to speed up the diagnosis. Once that is done, the start-up will help you get a brief medical opinion, along with a provisional line of treatment and estimated cost. Anyone looking for service and <keyword id="1598642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Price-comparison">price comparison</keyword> can easily get in touch with multiple hospitals via Surgerica and a variety of treatment plans and costing will be made available at the earliest. You can also look up the average cost estimates for treatments across various specialties, available on the site for free. 
 But there is more on the platter including <keyword id="1912839" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="video-connect">Video Connect</keyword> or live video consultation with doctors (this service is going live in a couple of days), provision for getting second opinion (<keyword id="1912840" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="e-connect">e-Connect</keyword>), <keyword id="1912851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="patient-status-update">patient status update</keyword> in real time, <keyword id="1912852" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="co-stay">co-stay</keyword> facility and post-treatment care. Additionally, you can search for information about medical conditions; check out doctor details at partner hospitals and connect with communities where you will find people who have undergone the same treatment in the same hospital you are interested in (Patient Connect). This means users get an authentic evaluation of the medical facilities and healthcare services before making a treatment choice. 
 
One can register with Surgerica for a nominal sum of Rs 55 or $1 and the service loop completes in a few simple steps - post query, choose hospitals (alternatively, Surgerica's panel can suggest one) and get a detailed treatment plan with an indicative price estimate. Once things are finalised, a patient can book admission through the portal and go ahead with the treatment. 
 
Claim to fame: Traction and networks. The site is just 90 days old (it became fully functional from July 22, 2013), but claims to have 2,000 registered users besides a network of over 5,000 doctors and 900-plus hospitals. Surgerica currently covers 50-plus specialties and 2,000-plus medical procedures. It has also closed a B2B deal with an insurance company with 11 million policy holders and its services will be rolled out to these customers from January next year. The company is now actively targeting 3 countries (<keyword id="6356662" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Singapore">Singapore</keyword> and <keyword id="3739" type="COUNTRY" weightage="80" keywordseo="Thailand">Thailand</keyword> besides India). 
 
Show me the money: Currently, revenues are generated through paid B2C services ranging from $1-19. The B2B model will go live from next year and the company aims to strike more deals with large insurance firms who will be offering Surgerica's services to their policy holders. A tie-up with medical tourism companies and a mobile app are also on the cards, which will introduce new revenue channels. As for funding, the start-up is looking for early-stage investment and may soon wrap up a deal. 
 
Biggest challenge: Getting more hospitals on board and keeping them active and engaged on the portal - so that users get response within the specified time limit. The second challenge is <keyword id="1912844" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="patient-education">patient education</keyword>, which is virtually non-existent in India.

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<keyword id="6358190" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitish-Kumar">Nitish Kumar</keyword> was on Monday sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for his fourth successive term. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath to Kumar at the ceremony at Raj Bhavan. The National Democratic Alliance secured a majority in the October-November Assembly elections, winning 125 seats in the 243-member house. However, Nitish Kumar saw his Janata Dal-United's share slip to 43, while the BJP won 74 seats. Two smaller parties won eight seats. After taking oath as the chief minister of Bihar here on Monday, Nitish Kumar said he is missing his trusted colleague Sushil Kumar Modi in the new cabinet. Sushil Modi, who has been Deputy Chief Minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinets several times, hasn't been included in the cabinet this time. "We have a combination of old and new faces in the cabinet and we will work towards a better future for Bihar," Kumar said. Asked whether he was missing Sushil Kumar Modi this time, Kumar replied in the affirmative. Kumar took the oath on Monday, along with Tar Kishore Prasad and Renu Devi (likely to be deputy chief ministers) and 12 other ministers. These include Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Mewa Lal Chaudhary, Ashok Chaudhary, Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Sheela Kumari, Mangal Pandey, Amarendra Pratap Singh, Ram Preet Paswan, Jivesh Kumar, Ram Surat Kumar, Santosh Kumar Suman and Mukesh Sahani. The new faces in Kumar's cabinet in 2020 are Jivesh Kumar, Ram Surat Kumar, Sheela Kumari, Santosh Kumar Suman and Mukesh Sahani. Former Maharastra CM Devendra Fadnavis said: "For the BJP, it's a generational change to promote new faces in the party. BJP has internal democracy and it's reflect through such a decisions. BJP gives opportunity to every leader. With this, the eventual goal is to strengthen party." He further said: "Sushil Kumar is an asset for the BJP. He served for party over 40 years and party will use his experience at right place." The NDA has included two women ministers Renu Devi and Sheela Kumari in the cabinet. Women are considered as silent voters for NDA and it has been mentioned PM Narendra Modi himself. "Nitish Kumar is like my elder brother. On the occasion of Bhai Dooj, I have got a great opportunity to work with him again. I will work in the interest of women as well as all other persons sitting in the last line. The eventual goal for me is to work on the lines of Aatmanirbhar Bihar," Renu Devi said. Jivesh Kumar, a new face in the cabinet said: "The party has given me opportunity to serve as minister, I will work in the interest of Bihar."

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(Eds: Recasting overnight story) Begusarai (Bihar), Apr 8 () A paramedic working atan isolation ward of a hospital here has alleged thatshe was physically assaulted by her neighbours who said theywould be infected with coronavirus if she enters her houseusing a gate adjacent to theirs, police said.The complainant, Neelu Kumari, is married to AmulyaSingh, a resident of Meerganj locality in Town policestation area of the district, and she works at the BegusaraiSadar Hospital as an auxiliary nurse midwife.Town police station SHO Amarendra Kumar Jha said shehas lodged an FIR against her neighbours including a formerward councillor and two women.He said the complainant, who has been attached to thehospital's isolation ward, has alleged that she was stoppedfrom entering her home through the back gate which she wasdoing as a precautionary measure by her neighbours."I was told by my neighbours that I had brought theinfection from the hospital and if I had to enter my house Imust do so from the front gate and not the one that isadjacent to theirs."They also said that water spilled out on the streetswhen I took bath which increased their risk of gettinginfected with coronavirus," the woman told reportersindignantly.The SHO said the accused have denied the allegationsand claimed that it was a "trivial dispute".An investigation has been initiated and further actionwill be taken as per the findings, he added. CORR NACBDC BDC

Paramedic working at isolation ward in Bihar hospital assaulted by neighbours

Begusarai (Bihar), Apr 7 () A paramedic working atan isolation ward of a hospital here on Tuesday alleged thatshe was beaten up by her neighbours who said they would beinfected with coronavirus if she enters her house using a gateadjacent to theirs, police said.The complainant, Neelu Kumari, is married to AmulyaSingh a resident of Meerganj locality under Town policestation area of the district and she works at the BegusaraiSadar Hospital as an auxiliary nurse midwife.Town police station SHO Amarendra Kumar Jha said shehas lodged an FIR against her neighbours including a formerward councillor and two women.He said the complainant, who has been attached to thehospital's isolation ward, has alleged that she was stoppedfrom entering her home through the back gate which she wasdoing as a precautionary measure by her neighbours."I was told by my neighbours that I had brought theinfection from the hospital and if I had to enter my house Imust do so from the front gate and not the one that isadjacent to theirs."They also said that water spilled out on the streetswhen I took bath which increased their risk of gettinginfected with coronavirus," the woman told reportersindignantly.The SHO said the accused have denied the allegationsand claimed that it was a "trivial dispute".An investigation has been initiated and further actionwill be taken as per the findings, he added. CORR NACBDC BDC

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