BigOHealth
High-quality and affordable healthcare
IMPACT
As of February 2024
30
digital facilitation stores onboarded
40
doctors onboarded
5,200+
patients benefitted
Geographical Coverage
- Focus districts: Motihari, Siwan, Gopalganj, Darbhanga, and West Champaran in Bihar
- Focus villages: 100
Gaurav Co-founder, CEO, BigOHealth
“SAMRIDH has played a pivotal role in propelling our business forward. Their unwavering funding support and expert business advisory have been instrumental in scaling our operations and achieving the desired health impact in underserved communities. Thanks to SAMRIDH’s blended finance approach, we are now able to explore additional funding opportunities, enabling us to provide hassle-free access to quality and affordable healthcare to the vast rural population of half a billion Indians. Their guidance has been invaluable in our mission to make a significant difference in the lives of those who need it most.
Samridh support
SAMRIDH is supporting BigOHealth in getting commercial validation for the hyper-local distribution channel. The intervention will enable access to quality and affordable healthcare for 10,000 low to middle income rural patients in 100 villages of districts Motihari, Siwan, Gopalganj, Darbhanga, and West Champaran in Bihar, reducing their travel time and out-of-pocket expenses. SAMRIDH’s M&E team is closely coordinating with the BigOHealth team to establish efficient reporting systems for performance monitoring. This collaboration ensures accountability and effectiveness in providing quality and affordable healthcare access to underserved rural patients.
73%
of the Indian population lack even basic medical facilities. [1]
63%
of India’s health spending is out-of-pocket (OOP), significantly above the average for lower-middle income countries, and amongst the highest in the world. [2] This also pushes over 55 million people into poverty annually. [3]
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, home to300+ Million
people, are among the poorest states in India, making healthcare unaffordable for many in the region.[4]
[1] Sheth, Varun. 2022. “5 reasons India’s ‘Missing Middle’ is struggling to access quality healthcare.” Times of India Blog, August 14, 2022.
[2] Kumar, Anurag, and Rakesh Sarwal. 2021. “Health insurance for India’s missing middle.” Book, NITI Aayog
[3] Medical Buyer. 2023. Medical care costs force 55 million Indians into poverty.” Medical Buyer. May 19, 2023.
[4] PTI. 2021. “Bihar, Jharkhand, UP among poorest states: Niti Aayog’s poverty index report.” The Times of India, November 26, 2021.
BigOHealth’s hyper-local digital centers: Strengthening access to quality healthcare
BigOHealth provides the underserved rural population with access to high-quality and affordable healthcare across primary, specialist, and tertiary care. It offers a simple-to-use, vernacular (Hindi language) platform tailored for patients who are low on technology, financial and medical literacy. It helps rural patients to access services such as booking online or in-person appointments, tele and video consultations, and home-based diagnostic tests. BigOHealth is a quick and easy solution that provides faster access to medical care, improved patient convenience, and reduced cost while saving the patients from the exploitation at the hands of intermediaries and unqualified practitioners. It offers a mobile and web app, 24×7 call center, and village pharmacy distribution centers.
Key Stakeholders
