Saturday, 1 August 2015

Searching the right Urologist in Kolkata – Not a hassle, anymore!



Rahul remembers his ordeal when he was searching for the right urology doctor for his father. After their family physician suggested that his father has a kidney problem and would need a surgery, Rahul found it very difficult to find the right specialist. Being from a small town near Kolkata, he had no option but to go to Kolkata for the surgery. He asked his friends and relatives for options – all of them came up with different names. Rahul wanted to know the credentials of these doctors before he took a final decision. So, he googled their names. He had to go through a lot of websites just to figure out experience and education details, and on top of that, none of the websites mentioned about the consultation timings, hospitals and fees of these doctors. Finally, he landed on Credihealth.com! 

Credihealth is an online healthcare marketplace that helps people find detailed info about hospitals, doctors and treatment. First of its kind, Credihealth is dedicated to bring transparency in the hospitalization process. Providing reliable and detailed info on top hospitals, doctors and treatments – is the focus of the website. In addition to giving comprehensive info, it also allows the user to compare the credentials of the doctors – so that the user can make an informed choice and find the right specialist.

Credihealth also has an in-house team of medical experts to help the user if (s)he is confused and wants more guidance in finding the right doctor. A user can get in touch with the medical expert by calling the toll free number or dropping a query on the website. The medical expert will understand the constraints of the user and give 3 most relevant options, making it easier for the user to take a decision. Once the user has taken a decision, the expert will act as a credible partner for the entire hospitalization journey – from booking appointment as per convenience, to getting quotes for surgery, to taking feedback on hospital and doctor. 

After landing on Credihealth, Rahul got all his answers. He got information on credentials of various urologists in Kolkata, their availability and fees. Credihealth expert understood the symptoms and constraints, suggested 3 doctors from different hospitals and got quotes from all those hospitals. Finally, Rahul was in a position to make an informed decision and consult the right urologist in Kolkata.

Credihealth helps you find the best Cardiologists in Kolkata


The increasing pollution in the City of Joy has taken a toll on the health of its people.  Rising obesity, an unhealthy lifestyle- all are contributing towards people in Kolkata suffering from various cardiac ailments, which requires advice and treatment from competent cardiologists. But how will you know who is most suitable to serve you? That is where Credihealth comes in.

Very recently, a woman called us up and wished to know what doctor she should meet in relation to her chronic shortness of breath while working. Since she didn’t speak either English or Hindi and so a Bengali graphic designer was summoned by the doctor who spoke to the lady, Mrs. Banerjee, in her native tongue. On figuring out what the problem was, our doctors gave the patient a number of doctors in her area to choose from, and Mrs. Banerjee insisted on getting a particular doctor, who is usually booked and requires a patient to wait for a while before the appointment is confirmed.
Thanks to our in-house doctor, we were able to provide the patient with an early appointment and help her start her treatment soon, which ended up saving her a lot of money since if her condition had worsened, surgery would have been her only option. 

Till date, Credihealth has helped over 50,000 people, not different from Mrs. Banerjee, and has made a difference to their lives. Today all of these people, ranging from those with minor throat infections to cancer patients, have found support and credible guidance from Credihealth and are leading healthy and happy lives.  Finding you the best cardiologists in Kolkata, Credihealth sets you on a healthy life where ailments of the heart are no more a problem.

Credihealth helps you find the best Neurologists in Kolkata



Everyone who has at any point been a fan of ‘ER’, ‘Days of our lives’ or ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, would have some amount of fascination with Neurologists and Neurosurgeons. Neurology, in simple words, deals with diseases and disorders of the nervous system and a neurologist is a doctors who studies these. According to reports, India has a shortage of neurologists (one for every 8, 50, 000 Indians) and the best specialists in the field are mostly in the metropolitan cities.

Kolkata, the first city in Asia to have an institution that taught modern medicine, is home to many such specialists. Diseases like Cerebral Palsy that can be prevented to an extent with proper neo-natal care, have come in limelight and are being promoted in the city by NGOS like Bishwa Bandhan. With relatively better health care system in place in the former capital of India, disorders of the brain are given the attention that lacks in many other cities of the country.

A report by one of the leading news websites in the country states that brain strokes in the younger population is on the rise. Currently 8%-9% of those affected are less than 49 years of age. The neurologists in Kolkata, however, have also been equally competent in their treatments. In the recent years, doctors have successfully done pioneering surgeries, including one where the patient was required to be wide awake. This was a unique achievement in the field as this had never been done in India before. Along with this, treating numerous minors and infants has also added many feathers to their caps.

Helping you find these accomplished neurologists in Kolkata is Credihealth. Just a phone call away, Credihealth’s team of in-house doctors listen to your medical issue and guide you to your best options of doctors and hospitals and also help you book an appointment with them. Post this, the Credihealth doctors stay with you till the end of your medical journey with regular follow-ups and additional help in case the patient is in need of tertiary care.