Ziqitza Health Care Limited

Monday, August 13, 2012

108 Kerala touches 50,000

Another feather got added in 108 Kerala's cap when they touched 50,000 lives. This moment was marked with huge appreciation by locals, government officials, media fraternity making this journey truly cherishable.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Dial 108 coming soon to Odisha

On 1st August 2012, ZHL signed the MOU with the State Government of Odisha to operate and manage 280 Ambulances across 15 districts in 1st phase.

This is the big step towards providing Emergency Response Service to the people of Odisha.

ZHL in Economic Times

Economic Times the leading business newspaper featured ZHL in all editions on 2nd August, 2012. The article talked about the journey and success of ZHL and is among the top social enterprises receiving appreciation from renowned Entrepreneurs.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Express Health Care Magazine featured Praveen Menezes

Express Health Care magazine the publication arm of The Indian Express Group featured Praveen Menezes: National Head 1298 in their July issue. The interview focused on how the Outsourcing of Ambulances is a boon to the hospitals and how 1298 offers end to end emergency management system in the form of outsourced ambulances.

About Ziqitza Health Care Limited

Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL), is set up by a group of young professionals who, after their education / training in the US and professional employment / entrepreneurial projects in India, realized the acute need for organized and networked Ambulance service in India for saving lives which may otherwise have been lost ONLY for want of timely medical attention. Ziqitza health care operates the Emergency Medical Response (Ambulance) Services under two models Dial '1298' for Ambulance (Popularly called 1298 model) – Fee for Service model with cross subsidy, where the rich and affordable pays higher and the poor pays less, and for very poor/accidents/emergencies the service is free of cost. Currently this service is operational in the city of Mumbai and the state of Kerala. Dial '108' in Emergency (Popularly called 108 model) – This model is usually in public private partnership with State Governments, this could be either free to patient or on a user fee, as per the contract with State Governments. The service is provided to Emergency victims. This model is operational in Bihar, Trivandrum, Rajasthan and Punjab.