Snehal Patel Talks Digital Healthcare in Asia

Tuckered Out with Ami Thakkar

Snehal Patel, M.D., J.D. is the CEO at MyDoc, Asia’s leading patient-centric digital healthcare platform delivering personalized continuous care across key markets in the region. Snehal is a Kauffman Fellow, a Forbes 30 under 30 Judge, and a serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Has been invited to and spoken on numerous panels related to entrepreneurship and healthcare globally.

We discuss the rise of health tech in Singapore, what we need to know about the healthcare system in Asia, why the healthcare system is so expensive in the US, the power dynamic between patients and doctors, and how the pandemic has shifted the relationships between governments and healthcare start-ups.

We also discuss his recent piece in Think Global Health and the 10th anniversary of his bar, 28 HongKong street in Singapore, which is often credited as the bar that gave rise to the craft cocktail scene in Singapore and Asia. If you ever visit, you must definitely check it out!

https://my-doc.com/

https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/solutions-covid-19-crisis-asia

https://www.drinkmagazine.asia/2021/10/09/celebrating-a-decade-of-28-hongkong-street/