OPD Intelligence · India

Smarter consultations
start before the
patient walks in.

Respiro Health is building the pre-consultation intelligence layer for India's OPDs — a WhatsApp-native platform that gives doctors a structured patient summary, flags high-risk cases, and closes the care loop automatically. No app. No new infrastructure. Zero friction.

The OPD problem in numbers
6B
6 Billion
OPD visits in India annually — less than 5% have any structured pre-visit workflow
40%
40%
Of consultation time lost to repetitive history-taking — every visit, every patient
0
Zero
Structured patient data exists before the doctor opens the visit
60%
60%+
Of discharged patients receive no structured follow-up — outcomes go unmeasured
The Problem

Every consultation starts
from a blank page.

India's OPDs see 6 billion visits a year. In the vast majority, the doctor begins with zero information about the patient sitting in front of them. No structured history. No pre-visit triage. No way to distinguish a routine case from a critical one before the patient walks in. The problem is not the consultation — it is everything that happens before it.

6–10 min
Of every consultation spent asking the same history questions — before any clinical decision-making begins
100,000+
Private OPD clinics and hospitals in India — almost none have a structured pre-visit patient intake system
60%+
Of patients discharged after a consultation receive no structured follow-up — recovery outcomes are invisible
The Product

Pre-visit. During. Post-visit.
We own the full patient journey.

Respiro sits between appointment booking and consultation — capturing structured patient data before the visit, surfacing it to the doctor in real time, and following up automatically after. One platform. Zero disruption to existing workflows.

Pre-Visit
Intelligent Intake

Patient scans a QR code or messages the clinic on WhatsApp — no app download required

Answers structured clinical questions in their language in 3–5 minutes

Completed before the patient enters the clinic — doctor is already informed

Zero friction — works on any phone with WhatsApp already installed

During Visit
Doctor & COO Intelligence

AI-generated triage summary ready on the doctor's dashboard before the patient sits down

High-risk cases automatically flagged in the queue — critical patients never wait undetected

ICD-10 diagnosis and medications logged post-consultation in one workflow

COO dashboard shows live queue, funnel, and doctor-efficiency metrics in real time

Post-Visit
Adherence & Follow-up

Patient automatically contacted at Day 3, 7, 14, and 30 — in their language, on WhatsApp

Asked how they are feeling — structured responses captured and logged

Non-recovering patients flagged to the doctor immediately — before they deteriorate

Builds a longitudinal outcomes record per patient — automatically, over time

Why WhatsApp

The infrastructure already exists.
In every patient's pocket.

Every health-tech company builds a patient app. Patients don't download it. Respiro is built on the channel patients already use — making adoption a non-issue from day one.

Patients don't download apps — WhatsApp is already on every phone

Doctors don't change workflows — they simply open a dashboard

Hospitals don't replace infrastructure — Respiro sits on top

Every income level, language, and geography in India is already on WhatsApp

Patient app models have failed at scale in Indian healthcare — WhatsApp sidesteps every adoption barrier

500M+
WhatsApp users in India across all income levels and geographies
90%+
Message open rate — versus under 20% for email or SMS
0
App downloads required from patients
3–5 min
To complete a full structured clinical intake
The Vision

Built for one clinic.
Designed for a hundred.

Respiro starts with respiratory OPDs — the highest-complexity intake environment in Indian healthcare. The same platform deploys across specialties, across hospital groups, and across geographies without rebuilding from scratch.

01

Starts with respiratory

Purpose-built for pulmonology OPDs — clinically reviewed symptom architecture, multilingual flows, and a triage model designed for India's respiratory disease burden.

02

Expands across specialties

The same infrastructure deploys to Cardiology, General Medicine, and beyond. No rebuilding. No new training. One platform, every department.

03

Grows smarter over time

Every patient interaction generates structured, diagnosis-linked clinical data. The more OPDs that run Respiro, the more accurate and clinically relevant the platform becomes.

We are not building a tool for one department. We are building the intelligence layer for the Indian OPD.

The Team

Builders and clinicians.
Not just an idea.

Respiro is a technical founder-led company with clinical advisory from some of India's leading respiratory health and public health experts.

AS
Ajay Sharma
Founder & CEO
15+ years of software and technology experience. Built Respiro's entire platform independently — WhatsApp flows, AI triage pipeline, AWS backend, COO analytics dashboard, and follow-up module.
AS
Akash Sharma
COO
Strategy and growth. Leads business development, investor relations, and hospital partnerships across India and internationally. Based in Luxembourg.
DG
Dr. Geetanjali Kapoor
Medical Advisor
Oxford Visiting Academic. Former WHO Consultant. Authored India's national infection prevention guidelines. Advising on clinical dataset design and respiratory diagnostic validation.
AP
Dr. Aslam Ali Parvez
Chief Medical Advisor
Extensive clinical experience and network across the Indian medical fraternity. Leading clinical governance and regulatory pathway for Respiro's research program.
Work With Us

We are looking for
the right partners.

We are building Respiro with partners who understand the operational and clinical reality of Indian OPDs. If your work touches outpatient care, hospital operations, or healthcare investment — we want to talk.

Hospitals & Clinics

Pulmonology OPDs, chest clinics, and multi-specialty hospitals interested in a 30-day free pilot. We handle everything — setup, deployment, and training. You get full operational and clinical data from day one.

Network & Introductions

Individuals who can open doors to hospital CMOs, medical directors, or health department decision-makers across India. Warm introductions move faster than cold outreach.

Academic & Research

Medical institutions and research bodies interested in clinical validation partnerships, co-authorship, or joint grant applications in respiratory health and digital health.

Strategic Investors

Investors who understand the Indian healthcare market and bring clinical or hospital relationships alongside capital. We are raising our pre-seed round.

Get Involved

The Indian OPD is ready
for this. Are you?

Whether you run a clinic, lead a hospital department, work in health-tech investment, or simply want to understand what we are building — write to us.