Noida: Govt Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Friday launched a ‘start-up OPD’ to address long-standing challenges faced by healthcare start-ups, including limited access to govt hospitals, institutional doctors and real-time clinical workflows. Under the initiative, GIMS doctors will share first-hand clinical insights, help validate proposed solutions and frame clear problem statements based on daily medical practice.Under the ‘start-up OPD’, doctors will share first-hand clinical insights, validate proposed solutions and define problem statements emerging from routine medical practice. Officials said the platform is intended to help innovators develop affordable and need-based healthcare solutions grounded in public health settings.Doctors from GIMS and other public and private institutions, including AIIMS, Maulana Azad Medical College and Patel Chest Institute, are expected to participate. Experts from IIT Guwahati will provide technical mentorship, supporting engineering validation and design refinement.An investor clinic was also held later in the day, where investors interacted with startups that complete clinical and technical consultations. The event will also mark the completion of clinical trials of ‘MATRI’, an indigenously developed medical device for menstrual pain management.Officials said the initiative builds on earlier online startup clinics conducted at GIMS and represents a shift to a hospital-based engagement model focused on clinician-led innovation.
