Shweta heads ZIQITZA that provides a network of equipped life support ambulances on a 24X7 basis. Her multi-level pricing strategy makes the services accessible to all (users transferred to private hospitals are charged while those transferred to government hospitals are subsidized). Ziqitza also deals with training citizens of Mumbai in first aid and basic life support and runs a women’s helpline which acts as bridge between a woman in need and NGO’s working for women’s issues.
From corruption in the healthcare system to lack of trained professionals and existing social beliefs about ambulances, Shweta has fought them all to build an organization that is today known by its emergency code – 1298.
Nominated in TiE Stree Shakti ’09 : Medium Enterprise
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