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Flipkart forays into healthcare sector
April 07, 2022
Walmart group firm Flipkart on Wednesday announced its foray into the healthcare segment by launching a new application Flipkart Health Plus to leverage its compass and serve more than 20,000 pin codes the nation over. Flipkart Health Plus platform will onboard over 500 independent sellers with an organization of registered pharmacists for validation of medical prescriptions and accurate dispensation of medicines, the organization said in an explanation.
Flipkart Health Plus CEO Prashant Jhaveri expressed that since the COVID-19 pandemic, Indians have witnessed a tremendous shift in favouring wellness and preventive healthcare and there is an increased focus on health and wellness like never before.
“Through Flipkart Health+, we intend to solve the critical gap of accessibility to genuine medicines and health care products and services across the nation, particularly in the remotest parts of the country that have been under-served until now,” Jhaveri said.
Flipkart said that even though it is an intermediary marketplace platform, the organization has set up various quality checks and verification protocols, which will facilitate the delivery of genuine medicines and healthcare products from independent sellers to the client’s doorstep.
“In the coming months, Flipkart Health+ plans to on-board third party healthcare services co-ops, who will offer other worth-added healthcare services like teleconsultation and e-diagnostics to the clients,” the statement said.
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