BANGALORE: Portea Medical, India’s largest outside of hospital consumer healthcare company, has partnered with state governments and local bodies from rural districts of Karnataka to extend the COVID-19 care component for the needy.
The company has collaborated with a non-profit organization called DFY for this initiative. Under the initiative, a community health center in Doddaballapur, Karnataka has been identified.
Portea will help with the infrastructure and care support team of doctors and nurses for the local population to recover. Many more such centers will be established in the weeks to ahead.
The COVID centre is a well-maintained 100-bed facility that is strategically situated to serve the Population of Bangalore North, across the Doddaballapur and Devenahalli districts.
The entire hospital will be dedicated to COVID related support in any form. As India’s largest home healthcare player, Portea has been delivering consistent, high-quality patient care in various parts of the country.
The company has catered to over 5 million patients in their home environment offering an extensive range of services for chronic diseases, elderly care, post-surgery care, diabetes management, chemotherapy at home, and other diseases or injuries requiring long-term care.
During the pandemic, Portea has delivered home isolation services to more than 3,00,000 COVID positive patients.
