Arekta
Team
“An AI-driven telehealth platform engineered to bring quality clinical consultations within reach of every patient, everywhere — regardless of geography or income.”
AI-Driven Telehealth for All
Arekta Team built an AI-powered telehealth platform designed to dismantle the geography and cost barriers that prevent millions of Bangladeshis from accessing quality clinical care. The name “Arekta” — meaning “another” in Bengali — reflects the core insight: there is always another patient, another community, another life that modern healthcare has failed to reach.
The platform’s AI layer acts as an intelligent front-desk system — conducting a structured symptom intake via voice or text in Bengali, generating an initial clinical assessment, and matching the patient to the right type of specialist based on case complexity and urgency. Routine cases are resolved through asynchronous consultations; urgent cases are escalated to live video.
The platform integrates with existing community health worker (CHW) infrastructure, allowing CHWs to submit cases on behalf of patients who lack smartphones — extending clinical access to the last mile without requiring individual device ownership.
Bengali Voice Intake
Symptom collection via voice — zero literacy requirement for patients.
AI Clinical Assessment
Structured differential generation before specialist connection.
Smart Routing
Async for routine cases, live video escalation for urgent ones.
CHW Integration
Community health workers submit cases on behalf of non-smartphone patients.
Problem Statement
Bangladesh has approximately 5 physicians per 10,000 people, with the vast majority concentrated in Dhaka and major divisional cities. For the rural majority, accessing a qualified doctor means a full day of travel and significant out-of-pocket cost. Even where telemedicine services exist, they often require a smartphone, reliable internet, and the ability to describe symptoms clearly in text — barriers that exclude the patients who need care most urgently.
Event
- 9 May 2026DNA Hack For Health — Chittagong Divisional Round
- VenueChittagong Medical College, Chittagong
- 3rdResult2nd Runner Up — Chittagong Division
