Dr Muthoni Karanja, lead medical consultant from the Nairobi-based TIBU startup, checks a client at her house in Nairobi, Kenya. Customers start by requesting medical assistance via a mobile app. They get paired with the closest medical officer or doctor, depending on their complaint. After a triage call, the health professional travels to the patient. — Reuters
NAIROBI: Nathalie Maikere sat at her dining table, her two children playing video games a few feet away, as a doctor in a lab coat unpacked her medical bag and took her temperature, pulse, and blood pressure.
Maikere is one of over 600 Nairobians getting medical care at home through TIBU Health, a Kenyan startup.
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Dr Muthoni Karanja, lead medical consultant from the Nairobi-based TIBU startup, checks a client at her house in Nairobi, Kenya. Customers start by requesting medical assistance via a mobile app. They get paired with the closest medical officer or doctor, depending on their complaint. After a triage call, the health professional travels to the patient. — Reuters
A man displays the TIBU Health app of the Nairobi-based startup on his phone in Nairobi, Kenya. — Reuters
Peter Gikera, CTO & co-founder of the Nairobi-based TIBU startup, at the startup's office in Nairobi, Kenya. — Reuters
Carmichael and Dr Muthoni Karanja, lead medical consultant from the Nairobi-based TIBU startup, speak in their office in Nairobi, Kenya. — Reuters
Jason Carmichael, CEO & co-founder of the Nairobi-based TIBU startup, at his office in Nairobi, Kenya. — Reuters
A man displays the TIBU Health app of the Nairobi-based startup on his phone in Nairobi, Kenya. — Reuters
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