Dr Aakash Ganju - Digital Health Solutions

Dr Aakash Ganju is a healthcare entrepreneur from India, after completing his medical degree he went on to co-found Saathhealth, an impact-focused digital health company that leverages evidence-based preventive health and financial literacy content to generate awareness, engage with users and drive demand for health products and services. To date, Saathealth has already engaged more than 50 million people in India and in several other countries across southeast and central Asia.  He is the author of ‘A Glass Half Full: Stirring Healthcare Conversations for a Better Future’

We discussed some interesting points:

• The value of good mentorship in guiding your career
• The importance of shared-decision making in the delivery of medical care
• The value of inter-disciplinary ideas in fueling innovation
• To celebrate and enjoy the uncertainty!

Note: unfortunately the audio quality of our guest is not ideal (virtual interviewing challenges) nonetheless, I hope you find the content of the discussion as insightful and valuable as I did!

Show notes:

The Citadel - Book by A. J. Cronin
First published in 1937, this book was groundbreaking in its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It has been credited with laying the foundation in Britain for the introduction of the NHS a decade later.
Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8000-Metre Peak Book by Maurice Herzog
Book by a French climber about the first expedition to summit and return Annapurna, a mountain in the Himalayas - a classic of mountaineering literature.