While many of us try to help and support those with serious health conditions as much as we can, no one will ever truly understand the real problems and struggles a patient endures as much as the ones who did experience it. This is the story of Doaa Aref, cancer survivor and founder of ‘Chefaa’ – a company with a vision to help patients order/schedule and have medicine delivered from the nearest pharmacy. It is also characterised as being the first medical data warehouse in the Middle East region. While diagnosed with cancer, Aref realised that there weren’t any easy and quick online services that would help her get her medicine, as many times she would find problems in paying for it online and issues with supplies. For that reason, she was inspired to build Chefaa. It is a mobile application connecting the patient directly with the pharmacies, where the patient can simply scan the prescription online, choose the method of payment and submit the order. The order can then go to the nearest pharmacy according to the GPS location, with automatic forwarding to the next pharmacy in case it…
Cancer Survivor Builds a Company to Help Other Patients Get Medicine Online
December 29, 2018
