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Three Nigerian
students currently doing their Masters program in the United Kingdom (UK) have
unveiled a startup called Sandfortcare to enable the elderly and the aged
in Nigerian get quality and affordable
healthcare services.
Founder of the startup, Damilola Olaopa, said
the idea was conceived after a colleague who works as a healthcare assistant
lost his dad on October last year.
"After speaking with his father about
assisting him to cargo some goods for him to the UK, 24 hours after the
conversation between father and son, he received a call from Nigeria that the
father had passed on, what’s most heartbreaking about his situation is that he
works as a healthcare assistant here in the UK taking care of people’s families
but he wasn’t there to take care of his dad due to his absence from home and
that was how our startup idea was conceived," he said.
Co-founded by
Hameed Abdulrahaman and Isatayo Samuel, Sandfortcare is a healthcare startup
dedicated to offering personalized and compassionate healthcare and support
service to the parents of Nigerians living in the UK. The Startup ensure parents in Nigeria receive the highest
quality of care tailored to their unique needs so that the children in UK can have peace of mind knowing their parents
are in good health condition
For a monthly
subscription fee, the parents in Nigeria who are the beneficiary gets a
personalized care and support plan, regular health checks, nutrition and meal
planning, remote consultation and medication management while the family member
resident in the UK who is sponsor gets a timely parent wellness report.
Damilola said
there are plans underway for the startup to be expanded across Europe and other
North America countries such as the US and Canada. "For now the startup is
for Nigerians in Diaspora especially in UK. We are presently registered here,
Sandfortcare limited is incorporated under the companies act 2006 as a private
company and its limited by shares and the situation of its registered is in
Scotland," he said, adding that interested persons only needed to visit
Sandfortcare.com; register; select parents most preferred hospital from over
4800 hospitals listed on the website; and authorize parents care plan.
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