This doesn’t just apply to relationships. It applies to friends, family, even your parents.
Start giving your parents a monthly allowance and stop later because you’re broke, they’ll resent you. That gateman you give money to every day, the moment you stop, he’ll resent you too.
A gift is not supposed to be steady or predictable. Once it becomes expected, it stops being a gift and becomes an obligation.
Don’t start what you can’t sustain. Even good intentions become harmful in excess.
If you are in your 20s, listen to this. Do not fuck up the good relationships in your life for any reason. As you grow, you’ll begin to see good people are not in abundance at all. The“everyone is replaceable” attitude doesn’t apply to good people. You will bleed 🩸
Today, we officially launch Michael Odokoro Foundation, a faith-driven initiative committed to transforming lives through healthcare and compassion.
This isn’t just a foundation; it’s a movement of love, healing, and transformation! 💙
If you're an entrepreneur building in healthcare, don’t chase convenience, chase trust. Don’t optimize for speed, optimize for quality. Healthcare isn’t a software problem, it’s a human problem. The winners in Indian healthcare won’t be the ones who try to replace doctors with chatbots, but the ones who empower doctors, improve infrastructure, and solve for real-world patient outcomes. Build for that.
If you're an entrepreneur building in healthcare, don’t chase convenience, chase trust. Don’t optimize for speed, optimize for quality. Healthcare isn’t a software problem, it’s a human problem. The winners in Indian healthcare won’t be the ones who try to replace doctors with chatbots, but the ones who empower doctors, improve infrastructure, and solve for real-world patient outcomes. Build for that.
# 6 Most doctors in India were skeptical of telemedicine from the start. Not because they are anti tech, but because they don’t want legal liability for a patient they have never physically examined.
Medical malpractice laws in India are vague when it comes to telemedicine. If a misdiagnosis happens over video call, who is responsible? The doctor, the platform or the hospital? There were no clear answers and most experienced doctors don't want to risk their reputation.
What remained were junior, less experienced doctors leading to a vicious cycle. Fewer good doctors led to lower patient trust, which led to low adoption.
#5 Most telemedicine startups were designed for one time consultations like fever, cough, cold. But India’s real healthcare problem isn’t the flu. It’s diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.
Chronic care requires ongoing monitoring, lifestyle interventions, and physical checkups. It can’t be solved with one time doctor chats. No patient with diabetes wants to "chat with a bot" about their blood sugar levels. They want a structured plan, a reliable doctor, and someone they can visit when things get worse. Prescription is the currency of indian healthcare
# 3 Indian healthcare decisions aren’t made by individuals but made by families. If a 60-year-old man has a fever, he’s not booking a telemedicine appointment himself. His son, daughter or wife is taking him to the doctor. Healthcare is a collective decision, not an individual ordering groceries online.
Telemedicine apps imagined a world where individuals would proactively seek online consultations. That’s not how healthcare works in India. When a family member is sick, people want reassurance and that comes from physically seeing a doctor, not a chatbot or a pixelated video call.
#2 The other problem with telemedicine apps was that it starts in the wrong place i.e talking to a doctor. But Indian healthcare starts with a test. Whether it’s a blood test, an X-ray, or a physical examination, treatment only begins after a diagnosis. A video call doesn’t solve that. At best, a doctor can advise the patient to get a test done at a local lab. But why would the patient pay for an online consultation when they have to visit a physical clinic anyway? It’s a redundant step. Healthcare starts with diagnostics, not just consultations.
#1 India’s healthcare is fundamentally a trust game, not a tech game. The local doctor isn't just a doctor, he's a family confidant. People trust him because they’ve seen him in action for years. You don’t outsource trust to an app. The assumption that people would "chat with a doctor" or "get a prescription over video" was flawed from the start. In reality, Indians want to physically see a doctor, even if it means waiting for hours in a crowded clinic. Because in India, seeing is believing. Even in the metros you will see most people driving to hospitals and waiting in a queue. They don't want a prescription from an anonymous doctor on a screen. Healthcare in India is built on relationships, not transactions.
Startups and investors saw telemedicine as a Silicon Valley playbook that can be forced onto India’s complex healthcare reality. It was always an overrated idea because it fundamentally misunderstood how healthcare actually works in India. Let me explain.