Welcome Cure to launch 150 hybrid e-clinics in 18 months

MUMBAI: Welcome Cure, the alternate medicine platform, has launched physical e-clinics in December. The company plans to open over 150 e-clinics across India over the next 18 months as a part of its expansion plans and to cater to the high non-internet savvy population of India.

"Over the last one year, we have realized that while people want to opt for homeopathy treatments, not everyone has access or is comfortable with PCs or internet. The launch of our e-clinics is aimed at bridging this need gap that we have identified among our users, and offering holistic homeopathic treatments to a large section of the patients in India," said Jawahar Shah, co- founder and chairman of Welcome Cure.

Welcome Cure's e-clinics will offer counseling to patients on homeopathy treatments, assist in creating case-histories of patients and connect patients to relevant doctors. The company can offer treatment for over 100 diseases via homeopathy, which includes 80 common and 20 rare conditions, added the release.

"With the roll out of our e-clinics, we aim at ensuring usage of our portal to its maximum potential, not only in tier 1 markets but also in tier 2, 3 and 4 markets, where access to internet is still low. Over of past month, we have spoken to some like-minded partners in the space and already closed several partnerships to launch the e-clinics in other cities as a part of Welcome Cure's overall strategy," said Punit Desai, co-founder and CEO of Welcome Cure.

Welcome Cure was launched in late 2014 and has raised pre-series A funding of $ 6 million.