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What We Saw in Kolkata That Made Us Start MDW By Prasenjit Das | Co-founder, MDW Growing up in Kolkata, I’ve seen something too often — people waiting in long lines at pharmacies for basic medicines, elderly parents calling their children late at n

Day #8 Not Everyone with a Bag is a Therapist. India’s home healthcare market is booming. But here’s what no one wants to admit: • A lot of platforms simply list anyone who signs up. • No background checks. • No proof of training. • No clinical supe

Day #3 MDW Is Not a Pharmacy App. It’s a Movement. When people hear My DawaiWala, they often ask — “Oh, are you like 1mg or Pharmeasy?” And we say — no, we’re not a pharmacy app. We’re a movement to rebuild how healthcare works in India. Pharmacy

Why We’re Not Just Building a HealthTech Company — We’re Fixing Access In India, healthcare often feels like a maze — especially for those who need it the most. ● Stand in line for hours just to get basic medicines ● Receive substitute drugs withou

Want to be the Face of a Healthcare Startup? My DawaiWala (MDW) – India’s Health-First Tech-Driven Healthcare Platform is looking for someone who can be the face of MDW across social media platforms. This isn’t just another job it’s an opportun

Behind Every Delivery, There’s a Dawai Dost. Day #5 At MDW, we don’t believe in faceless healthcare. Because when your health is on the line, what you need most isn’t just speed, it's someone who cares. That’s why we call our delivery partners Dawai

We Paused Posting. But Our Mission Didn’t Pause. The last two months, we were quiet here. But silence doesn’t mean we stopped. While we weren’t posting, we were out there, delivering medicines in 20 minutes, helping families find emergency care, bui

Day #7 Real Medicine. Not Maybes. Let’s talk about a silent threat in Indian healthcare: • Fake pills • Near-expiry stock • Unexplained substitutions This isn’t rare. It’s real and it’s happening every day. • Counterfeit drugs make up 8–10% of Ind

What if healthcare felt like a friend, not a fight? For most people in India, healthcare feels like this: Confusing prescriptions Long wait times Running from chemist to clinic to lab And no one to really guide you We’ve seen elderly patients skip

Day #12 It’s Just a Strip of Medicine, Until It’s Not. We’ve heard this line too many times: “It’s just Crocin, what’s the big deal?” “Take this substitute, same thing.” “We don’t have it now, come back tomorrow.” But here’s the truth: There’s no s