Keeping Track Always
Sunil Kumar, (name changed), a middle aged IT professional from suburban Mumbai, found that he had high levels of blood sugar and symptoms of Type II diabetes after a routine blood test. The diabetologist prescribed a few medicines. But the last one jotted down after obtaining Kumar's consent, took him by surprise. It was a mobile app called Wellthy Care.
The next day he got a call from Wellthy Therapeutics and soon, a kit with a blood glucose monitoring equipment and an 'activation card' was home delivered. Since then, Wellthy is monitoring Kumar's movements via his smartphone. If he orders a pizza from his mobile app or books a weekend movie ticket using his smartphone, he starts getting alerts on last week's sugar levels and tips via chat on advisable food for the day and the week ahead. At times, the alert goes to his wife, Suma, advising her to include more salads and vegetables in Kumar's lunchbox.
That is not all. If Kumar's smartphone does not record any movement
