In a bid to ensure Elderly and the aged back home in Nigerian get quality and good Healthcare services, three Nigerian students who are presently doing their Masters program in the United Kingdom have unveiled a startup called Sandfortcare. According to Damilola Olaopa, founder of the startup, the idea was conceived after a colleague who works as a healthcare assistant lost his dad on October 1st 2023
“After speaking with his father about assisting him to cargo some goods for him to the UK. Twenty four hours after the conversation between father and Son,, he received a call from Nigeria that the father had passed on , what’s most heartbreaking about his situation is that he works as a healthcare assistant here in the UK taking care of people’s families but he wasn’t there to take care of his dad due to his absence from home and that was how our startup idea was conceived.” He said
Co founded by Hameed Abdulrahaman and Isatayo Samuel, Sandfortcare is a healthcare startup dedicated to offering personalized and compassionate healthcare and support service to the parents of Nigerians living in the UK. The Startup ensure parents in Nigeria receive the highest quality of care tailored to their unique needs so that the Children in UK can have peace of mind knowing their parents are in good health condition
For a monthly subscription fee, the parents in Nigeria who are the beneficiary gets a personalized care and support plan, regular health checks, Nutrition and meal planning,remote consultation and medication management while the family member resident in the UK who is sponsor gets a timely parent wellness report.
Damilola said there are plans underway for the startup to be expanded across Europe and to other North America countries like the US and Canada. . ” For now the startup is for Nigerians in Diaspora especially in UK. We are presently registered here, Sandfortcare limited is incorporated under the companies act 2006 as a private company and its limited by shares and the situation of its registered is in Scotland “He disclosed
How it works
Get started in 3 easy steps by visiting Sandfortcare.com
1. Register
2. Select parents most preferred hospital from over 4800 hospitals listed on the website.
3. Authorize parents Care plan
