Outpatient department
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Sep 11, 2026
Govindraj EthirajHOST
Mm.
Mayank BathwalGUEST
Uh, you know, most company now offer a retail OPD-
Govindraj EthirajHOST
Mm
Mayank BathwalGUEST
...
Mayank BathwalGUEST
... either embedded benefits.
Mayank BathwalGUEST
So I think we are starting to see expansion of the category to different spectrum of healthcare costs, which was not there 10 years back.
Govindraj EthirajHOST
And, uh, when you talk about OPD, because that's where I guess, uh, the friction could be the highest.
Govindraj EthirajHOST
Uh, if I go to a doctor and maybe a specialist or may not be, and it's a s- let's say I've spent 1,000 rupees.
BiplabGUEST
Currently, I work under the hematology oncology unit and also see palliative care patients in hematology oncology as well as non-oncological patients.
BiplabGUEST
Two days a week, I also help run the pediatric palliative care OPD and that's about it at the moment.
Rachel NeufeldHOST
Can you tell us a little bit about what brought you into pediatric palliative care? How did you get here?
BiplabGUEST
Thank you.
BiplabGUEST
slowly and steadily, we also have been able to add on to non-oncological consultations, although they are not much.
BiplabGUEST
But we have had some good non-oncological consultations.
BiplabGUEST
And we have had success in starting a palliative care OPD.
BiplabGUEST
That's also in a very initial stage.
Karan RaoHOST
Right.
Karan RaoHOST
And the strike effectively paralyzed multiple departments and severely disrupted OPD services in hospitals.
Ayesha MehtaHOST
Oh, wow.
Karan RaoHOST
Meaning basic outpatient medical care was suddenly inaccessible to the public.
Karan RaoHOST
Especially with the 2027 polls looming.
Ayesha MehtaHOST
True.
Karan RaoHOST
The government absolutely has an obligation to keep OPDs and essential administrative services running for the general public.
Karan RaoHOST
But threatening punitive action against 7.5 lac voters, and by extension, their families, risks alienating a massive voting block.
Varun DubeyGUEST
So this is how we've designed every aspect of care.
Varun DubeyGUEST
And, you know, to your question of, you know, so everything we worried about, okay, how do you, how do you remove the friction for blood sample collection in the OPD? Right.
Varun DubeyGUEST
So we actually have designed a care, care room, care counselor room, right after the doctor's room where every patient goes.
Varun DubeyGUEST
And that's where any medication that you want can be given to you.
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Varun DubeyGUEST
So how do they do that? Right? They have to see that by seeing more patients.
Varun DubeyGUEST
Because money is made in admissions, so they have to have a certain admission.
Varun DubeyGUEST
Admission requires OPD.
Varun DubeyGUEST
That whole funnel, it's literally like a sales funnel.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
So my first journey was to go to Dr. Sankaran, actually.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
So I met him in the OPD, in a place in the college where he would see 80 patients in three hours.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
That's when I met him for the first time.
Eugenie KrugerHOST
Wow.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
And I remember him-
Eugenie KrugerHOST
OP- OPD is, like, outpatient department, hey, just for our listeners.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
Yes, yes, outpatient department.
Gaurang GaikwadGUEST
And you know, I, I didn't know much about him, so I just went just like that and I was just seeing what he's doing.
Jamal A. KhanGUEST
I see those people who are coming from villages, like who are farmers basically.
Jamal A. KhanGUEST
They are very less in OPD.
Jamal A. KhanGUEST
They are very few.
Jamal A. KhanGUEST
Although 80% of population in India lives in villages.
Andrew StotzHOST
... a little background on that.
Chane LaosonthornGUEST
Well, the, the, the primary way of where the revenue stream come from is the OPD.
Chane LaosonthornGUEST
So we have an OPD.
Chane LaosonthornGUEST
People who have problem, they come to, uh, see us.
Chane LaosonthornGUEST
So afterward, when, uh, the OPD patient come in, they're gonna-
Andrew StotzHOST
OPD meaning outpatient.
Chane LaosonthornGUEST
Outpatient.
Andrew StotzHOST
Right.