KEF Holdings launches Meitra Care Network
Announces collaboration with Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai
- KEF Healthcare, an integral part of KEF Holdings’ vision for the future, unveiled the Meitra Care Network at Meitra Hospital in Calicut, India, on 13th
- Building on the success of one of the India’s most prestigious hospital, Meitra Hospital, KEF Healthcare has entered its next phase of growth with the launch of the Meitra Care Network.
- KEF Healthcare has also announced a ground-breaking collaboration with Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai, which will serve as a Joint Centre of Excellence, providing the full range of heart and vascular care.
- K. Shailaja, Hon’ble Health Minister – Government of Kerala, graced the launch event as Chief Guest in Calicut, Kerala, India, that was attended by senior officials who witnessed the beginning of a new chapter in India’s growing healthcare sector.
Press Release: KEF Holdings, a Dubai-based diversified investment conglomerate, has launched Meitra Care Network, an eco-system that connects patients with healthcare service providers through technology and brings them at the doorsteps of the patients. This is set to disrupt India’s US$193 billion (Rs14.07 trillion/Dh708.31 billion) healthcare sector, by making healthcare truly patient-centric, equitable and sustainable for everyone, everywhere.
MCN was inaugurated on Saturday, the 13th of February by Smt. K K Shailaja, Honourable Minister for Health, Social Justice and Woman and Child Development – Government of Kerala, in the presence of esteemed guests Dr. Beena Philip (Mayor of Calicut) and Shri A Pradeep Kumar (MLA of Calicut (North)) at Meitra Hospital. The ceremony was also broadcast live via Meitra and KEF Holdings’ social media channels.
MCN creates an ever-expanding healthcare eco-system bringing patients, doctors as well as primary, secondary, tertiary and critical care service providers under one integrated system, connected through hard and soft infrastructure – that will reduce downtime, wastage of resources and better utilisation of doctors, laboratories, operation theatres, healthcare facilities – to offer the best healthcare services at an affordable price.
The launch of Meitra Care Network (MCN) takes at a time when Indian healthcare sector is poised to grow 92.74 percent from US$193 billion in 2020 to US$372 billion by 2022, driven by rising income, better health awareness, sedentary lifestyle and better access to medical insurance, according to the India Brand Equity Forum (IBEF).
SOLVING INDUSTRY CHALLENGES WORLDWIDE THROUGH MCN
KEF Healthcare recognizes that there is still a gap in collaboration amongst healthcare organizations and limited technology use, to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. KEF healthcare, through MCN, is set to bring the quality care closer to the homes of the patients by establishing tele-medicine enabled clinics, partnerships with secondary healthcare providers, Tele-ICUs and through state-of-the-art Meitra mobile app.
Faizal E. Kottikollon, Founder Chairman - KEF Holdings and Meitra Hospital, says, “Despite the growth and development in our healthcare services sector, certain things did not change – long queues for consultation, diagnosis, expensive treatment and long waiting list for surgeries – resulting in growing frustration among patients.”
“The Indian healthcare sector specifically and industry in general needs technology intervention to put the patients at the centre of the entire process and the healthcare should evolve around them. Meitra Care Network has re-engineered the healthcare delivery system to achieve this.”
The first Clinic under the MCN universe was launched in Kasaragod today, named as the Meitra Care Clinic in Chemnad, that packs Meitra Hospital’s world-class experience into a 4400 sq. feet facility.
The other facility which is in collaboration with the famous United Medical Center, is called the Meitra United Heart Centre. The centre brings a robust & full-fledged heart & vascular care facility to Kasaragod, set up with an aim to provide comprehensive healthcare for the residents of Kasaragod and the areas around.
Both facilities will play an integral role in uplifting the healthcare scenario of the region, which is the need of the hour.
Meitra Care Clinic boasts of innovations like device-assisted multi-specialty Tele-Consultations and aims to leverage the expertise of Meitra Hospital to bring a range of tertiary healthcare services to the residents of the region. In addition to family physicians, it also has home care services, psychological counselling, a state-of-the-art physiotherapy setup, laboratory, nutrition & wellness, as well as pharmacy.
FROM INDIA TO THE WORLD, STARTING WITH DUBAI
KEF Healthcare has also announced a ground-breaking collaboration with Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai, which will serve as a a combined Centre of Excellence, providing the full spectrum of services under heart and vascular care – which the Canadian Specialist Hospital will now be able to offer for the first time as a result of its partnership with MCN.
This collaboration aligns with KEF Healthcare’s goal of assisting in positioning the UAE as a medical tourism hub through the development of specially designed packages, as well as the introduction of highly specialised surgeries in the region at affordable prices, optimisation of clinical manpower costs, and increased capacity utilisation in key specialties, in established hospitals in the UAE.
MCN is poised to bring the disruptive 4th Industrial Revolution to the healthcare system that will completely change the way people seek medical intervention, receive diagnosis reports, treatment, medication and critical care.
Following the launch, MCN will gradually add other healthcare providers under the umbrella and link with the growing number of patients whose health records will also be digitally stored for diagnosis and studying health history.
The hospital industry in India is witnessing a huge investor demand from both global as well as domestic investors, according to Invest India – the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency. The hospital industry is expected to reach US$132 billion by 2023 from US$61.8 billion in 2017; growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16-17 percent.
MORE EXCITING KEF HEALTHCARE INITIATIVES COMING SOON
A host of additional major KEF Healthcare projects are already in the advanced stages of planning and are set to be unveiled in the coming year, including the launch of a state-of-the-art wellness resort, so stay tuned to KEF Holdings across Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for exciting updates and announcements.
About KEF Holdings
KEF Holdings is a privately-owned family company, founded by Faizal E. Kottikollon and headquartered in DIFC, Dubai. A true changemaker, Faizal Kottikollon, a US-educated Indian engineer, started a scrap metal company – Al Ahamadi General Trading Company in the UAE, 25 years ago, in 1995.
In 1997, Faizal set up the first ever integrated foundry in the UAE, for industrial valves and steel castings, Emirates Techno Casting (ETC) in 1997
This world-class integrated facility of 100,000 square metres in Hamriyah Free Zone, was named among the world’s top three most technologically advanced foundries.
In 2012, Tyco, a $20 billion American corporation bought the company for $400 million (Dh1.46 billion). Which led to the formation of KEF Investments and later KEF Infra in 2014, which was the world’s largest integrated offsite manufacturing facility. In 2018, KEF Infra merged with Softbank funded Silicon Valley company, Katerra.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
