01About Cura Health
Founded November 2020 · Biratnagar
Cura Health was born from a simple but urgent observation — that millions of Nepalis deserved better, easier, and more affordable access to healthcare. We set out to change that. And we are just getting started.
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“To make quality healthcare accessible, understandable, and affordable for every Nepali — by removing the barriers of distance, cost, and complexity, one patient at a time.”
Our Story
When COVID-19 forced universities to shut across India, Aayush Bhagat — a final-year software engineering student at IIIT Allahabad — returned home to Biratnagar. What he found there stayed with him. Hospitals overwhelmed. Patients unable to access basic consultations. People uncertain about their health, with no easy way to get answers. He did not look away. He started building.
2020 — 2022
Cura Health launched as a telemedicine and doctor appointment platform — giving patients in Nepal a way to consult verified doctors from their phones, without travelling to a clinic. As more patients came in, the needs became clearer. People needed lab tests. They needed health packages. They needed someone to explain what their reports meant. Each gap became a new service.
2022 — Present
Today, Cura Health operates physical centres in Kathmandu and Biratnagar, serves patients online in Itahari, and continues to expand. Over 50,000 patients have been served across lab tests, doctor consultations, health packages, vaccinations, and home health services. The platform that started as one product in one city has grown into a complete healthcare ecosystem, built for Nepal, by Nepal.
The Founder
Aayush Bhagat founded Cura Health in November 2020 at the age of 21 — not from a boardroom, but from his hometown of Biratnagar, during one of the most disruptive periods in modern history. A software engineering graduate of IIIT Allahabad, Aayush had the technical foundation to build anything. What the pandemic gave him was the clarity of what to build — and why it mattered.
I came home and saw people struggling to get a doctor’s appointment, struggling to understand their lab reports, struggling just to know if they were okay. I knew technology could fix this. I just had to make it work for Nepal.
Returning to Biratnagar as universities shut across India, Aayush spent months observing, speaking to patients, and understanding the real friction points in Nepal’s healthcare system — not just the big, obvious problems, but the everyday ones. The lab report that nobody explained. The doctor appointment that required a full day’s travel. The health check-up that felt too expensive to bother with. These became the problems Cura Health was built to solve.
Under his leadership, Cura Health has grown from a single telemedicine product to a full healthcare platform — with physical labs, home services, specialist clinics, a membership programme, and a growing footprint across Nepal. Cura Health has been recognised at the World Summit Awards (WSA) in the Health & Wellbeing category and has been featured in The Kathmandu Post (opens in a new tab) and leading Nepali media as a defining example of Nepal’s emerging health-tech ecosystem.
His vision:
a Nepal where a patient in Itahari has the same quality of healthcare access as someone in Kathmandu. Where a lab report is not just delivered but understood. Where going to the doctor does not mean taking a day off work. He is building that Nepal, one service at a time.
Cura Health Today
One dot for every thousand patients.
COVID-19
KTM · BRT · Itahari
Every Nepali
Every patient deserves to feel looked after — not just tested or consulted, but genuinely cared for throughout their entire experience.
We show our prices clearly. We verify our doctors. We explain every report. Trust is the foundation of how we operate.
A patient who understands their health is a patient who can act on it. From AI-analysed reports to personal technician calls.
Quality healthcare should not be a privilege of geography or income. We are building a platform that works as well in Itahari as in Kathmandu.
Our technology exists to make human care easier and faster — not to replace it. There is always a real person behind every experience.
Every new city, every new service, every new patient is part of a bigger goal — a Cura Health that reaches every corner of Nepal.
WSA 2022
Selected as Nepal’s representative at the WSA — one of the world’s most prestigious recognitions for digital innovation in healthcare, judged by an independent panel of global experts.
One of 40 winners from 340 nominations across 72 countries.
Press
Cura Health’s journey — from a student-founded startup during COVID-19 to Nepal’s growing health platform — has been recognised as emblematic of Nepal’s emerging health-tech ecosystem.
“App makes it easier to get medical services”
Award
Recognised among Nepal’s top 5 best startups at the ICT Award 2022 — national recognition for innovation and impact in technology.
“A Nepal where distance, cost, and complexity are no longer barriers to quality healthcare — where every Nepali, in every city, has access to the care they deserve.”
Whether you are a patient, a healthcare professional, a corporate partner, or someone who believes in what Cura Health stands for — we would love to connect.
