Cancer is a disease in which there is unregulated cell growth in any organ systems occurring in humans of all age groups, irrespective of age, sex, nationality, ethnicity, economic status, educational strata, geological and geographic distributions. In its presentation, it could be acute (sudden onset), sub-acute (slow onset), or chronic (long period of time). In its symptoms, it is known to present itself in the most insidious non-specific presenting symptoms like fever, diarrhoea or weight loss to the symptoms like bleeding, obstructive symptoms, growths. As a disease it has the potential to restrain a person from achieving full physical, physiological, psychological and economic potential. It’s a major concern for the patient, his/her family, the clinician, the healthcare provider and the taxpayer. In 2018 alone, more than 784,000 Indians lost their lives to the disease while 1.15 million new cases were diagnosed. Currently, 2.25 million people in the country live with the disease. The country’s burden of the disease more than doubled in the 26 years prior to 2018, more than in any other medical discipline. It is the second biggest killer of any disease in India, behind only heart disease.

As an individual, each one of us (founders) have seen the deadly disease of Cancer very closely and dealt with cancer patients within the family and relatives. While going through the hassle of managing the patients we have grappled through the intricacies and understand the challenges faced by the patient fraternity.
The existing Cancer ecosystem in India currently doesn’t seem to be designed to handle such large patient base, the hospitals are struggling to handle the huge patient base and the influx of new patients. The surrounding ecosystem is quite inefficient and struggling to cater to the patient’s needs and therefore there is a need to improve efficiency in the Cancer ecosystem. Under such circumstances, different actors in the ecosystem such as hospitals, research centres, and policy makers may not give the desired level of focus and attention to the convenience of the patients. Hence we see a big opportunity in playing the role of a trusted friend to accompany the patient throughout the treatment period.
The 4th Industrial revolution has unleashed unprecedented advancement globally. AI, Robotics, block chain, IOT, quantum computing and other such technologies have provided us an opportunity to rapidly improve productivity, reduce cost, effectiveness of treatment and improve patient experience. Though there are lot of companies working on hospital centric technology, sadly enough there aren’t many companies working on patient centric technology hence we are building a company that will work for developing patient centric technologies

@SAATHI we are building a platform that will connect all the actors in the cancer ecosystem to enable interactions that will help the patients sail through the long and arduous journey of cancer treatment. The platform intends to provide the patient fraternity with relevant information and tools for them to take informed decisions and navigate through the journey of cancer treatment. To achieve this we would utilize, leverage and optimize the digital/ societal/ financial platform currently available in the market and also bring the services of the various HSP (Health Service Providers) through a plug and model. To start with a Mobile App is being developed that will act like a companion to the cancer patients