Tired of waiting for your turn to consult a doctor in an OPD or even the never-ending search for the right doctor? MediAngels.com, India's first e-super-specialty consultation platform, funded by HDFC Private Equity, will now bring the doctor to your living room. Literally so, as the world's top 350 super specialists from 22 countries and 85 super specialised medical disciplines come together on the MediAngels' e-healthcare platform for a fee ranging from Rs. 250 to Rs. 5,000.

Started by two young super-specialists, Debraj Shome and Arbinder Singal, MediAngels provides comprehensive multi super-specialty services to patients in the comfort of their homes and at the time convenient to them.

According to Dr. Shome, Co-founder and Director, MediAngels, "On an average, 20 per cent of all OPD visits are for super-specialty consultation. People often travel 50 km to see a specialist and appointments may not be available for days together. The pressure on the existing medical resources and infrastructure in the country has risen significantly over the last few years. Challenges of extensive costs of setting up hospitals, resourcing them with super-specialists, physicians, paramedics, patient information management and streamlined diagnostic services are not new. MediAngels was set up to address some of these issues and make medical opinion available across the primary and specialised healthcare spectrum, using the Internet."

Ref: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article2338000.ece