Created with a vision to become Pakistan’s leading pharmacy and healthcare solution provider, Saaroz aims to deliver relief to Pakistanis. Their online pharmacy is the one-stop-shop for medicines, healthcare devices, nursing solutions, and online doctor’s consultancy.
The people behind Saaroz have the first-hand experience of the problems a common Pakistani faces daily – such as the unavailability of vital medicines, ubiquity of fake medicines, unfair prices, access to a qualified doctor, etc. – and are committed to solving them.
“We created Saaroz to eradicate all of these problems and promote health and wellness in Pakistan. With our collective experience, we are confident that we will be able to create an effective solution to this longstanding problem,” shares Syed Fahad Hussain, Saaroz’s Co-founder and Regional Operations Manager Islamabad.
“Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art services in the cities we are currently operating – i.e. Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, and Multan – and give both rural and urban people easy access to the best and affordable health solutions on a go,” shares Mustafa Ahmed, Saaroz’s Co-founder, and Regional Operations Manager Multan.
“The response and feedback Saaroz has received from our users is heartening and motivating, and gives us the confidence that our efforts are headed in the right direction. We will continue to strive not only to bring Pakistan out of the pandemic, but also reshape healthcare in the country,” shares Awais Ahmed, Saaroz’s Co-founder and Senior Operations Officer Karachi.
Although Pakistan is currently seeing a relative slide in new Covid-19 cases thanks to mass vaccination, the country is not out of the woods yet. To date, the virus has claimed over 28,000 lives while infecting over 1.2 million Pakistanis.
The strength of the deadly virus seems to be breaking now after about two years since it first appeared in the world. But safety protocols – such as social distancing, mask-wearing, and handwashing/sanitizing – are still recommended even for vaccinated individuals.
In such a circumstance when Covid still remains the primary cause of hospitalization in Pakistan, even minor exposure to the virus can prove dangerous. And since cases of reinfection aren’t unheard of, going the extra mile to keep oneself and loved ones protected from the virus remains to be the most effective solution.
But not having Covid-19 doesn’t mean that you’d remain safe from other ailments too. From common flu to dengue which has recently surfaced across the country, and from chronic diseases to countless other medical conditions, medical consultancy becomes unavoidable every now and then.
Visiting a healthcare facility amid the pandemic, however, increases your chances of catching the highly infectious Covid-19 virus and its different variants by folds. So, seeing your doctor for a minor ailment can easily become way more problematic in the current scenario.
If there’s one positive thing that the pandemic resulted in, it’s the much-needed push to digital products and services. While digitization on the work, education, and eCommerce fronts saw a rapid rise during the pandemic, major headway was made in the eHealth segment too.
eHealth solutions made remote healthcare possible. This was also a critical development as visiting hospitals that were already flooded with Covid patients was not possible besides being extremely risky for people of all ages. Home care also provided the right solution in such circumstances.
In Pakistan, one such eHealth and home care service was Saaroz.pk. To date, Saaroz is providing remote medical consultancies with seasoned doctors via its website. Also being an online pharmacy, Saaroz delivers OTC and prescription medicines and healthcare devices to customers’ doorsteps.
Saaroz also offers home care solutions using which, patients can get professional healthcare services at the comfort of their homes. All this provides the safety and comfort people need during these pandemic times when stepping out of the home is still a health risk.