PolyU nurtured startup, iMeddy, helps tackle social problems
Funded in the amount of HK$400,000 by The Y.Elites Association and the Hong Kong Youth Development Alliance, PolyU-nurtured start-up iMeddy utilises its pioneering online healthcare platform to provide free medical video consultations and related medical supplies for patients confirmed or preliminarily confirmed as COVID-19 cases during the fifth wave of the pandemic, greatly alleviating the recent strain on our healthcare system.
Over 2,000 patients have been served in the project’s first phase. A total of 1,000 places have been allocated to families eligible for the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance, households living in sub-divided units, and elderly people living in double or singleton households, with focus on low-income families in districts such as Sham Shui Po and Tuen Mun.