Jane Barlow-Pool/Getty ImagesEuropean healthtech startups have seen a surge in demand as the coronavirus outbreak continues to take its toll throughout the region.
Across the board, industry leaders said there had been a surge in demand in recent days, as health officials work around the clock to find a solution to what increasingly looks like an unstoppable crisis. Ali Parsa, founder and chief exec of BabylonFounded in 2013 by British-Iranian entrepreneur Ali Parsa, Babylon provides remote consultations with doctors and healthcare professionals via text and videolink.
"It's very hard to predict the coming impact of the virus, but all the predictions are that far more people are going to be looking to us for help," the spokesman said. Now Patchwork is hurrying to address the growing need for doctors to step in where their colleagues have been forced to self-isolate.