Indus Health Plus

Indus Health Plus facilitates high-end preventive health check-ups at affordable prices across India. A 2005 report of the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health states that "Prevention of diseases, particularly non-communicable diseases (lifestyle diseases) that are expensive to treat, is the most cost-effective strategy for a country facing scarce resources." Established in the year 2000, Indus was the first in the preventive healthcare category to popularize the use of CT scanning technology across a wider demography. Up to 70% of the check-ups depend upon the above mentioned technology, which detects the presence of lifestyle diseases like cardiovascular diseases (heart related diseases) in a non-invasive manner. Indus through its delivery partners in 25 cities across 50 centres has reached out to about 50 lakh families, with more than 3.5 lakh people availing the check-ups. With the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases in India, a timely check-up not only saves an individual from premature death or disability, it effectively saves their families from trauma and financial distress. In that context Indus manages to carry out 65 CT technology based check-ups in a single day and in the process saves hundreds of people every day from mental and economic catastrophe. By driving the cause of prevention Indus is creating a successful framework for the Government to effectively tackle the burden of non-communicable diseases, and reducing the future burden on India's weak health infrastructure. Keeping in mind the fact that millions of people go below the poverty because of catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditures on healthcare Indus provides "HealthFriend" cards to take care of the medical and hospitalization expenses, also.