Did you know that you can get access to Healthcare online in Uganda? The seven app has a lot in stock for you.
There are always those times that you might wake up to uncertain health symptoms that are debilitating to your health. It could be a busy morning or evening, and you don’t have a lot of time on your hands.
This one time, forget about googling your symptoms and landing on multiple blog links from unknown sources. You can get quality healthcare online in Uganda from trusted well-skilled doctors and medical practitioners.
The seven app is a health and fitness app that is willing to answer all your questions on health and well-being. This new medical app by Seven Doctors Uganda is targeted at giving its users health care advice through consultations and health tips.
Imagine having a doctor, one click away? Here are the online healthcare services you stand to enjoy with this app.
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The Services offered through the Seven App
Asking a doctor (Online consultancy)
Through the seven app, you can get online consultancy with any doctor of your choice. Healthcare consultancy online has been made available 24/7 by just texting any medical specialist. These are listed in the app (under the option of Ask A Doctor), from General doctors, gynaecologists, paediatricians, surgeons, dentists, dermatologists and all specialities you might want to expose yourself to.
The Team from Seven doctors Uganda promises instant healthcare online through prompt and instant replies.
You can actually share your pre-medical information such as lab-test and scan reports via the app.
Chat directly with doctor of your choice
Under this option, doctors’ names are listed along with their specialties and hospitals they are in.
More to this, their consultancy fees are listed, so you know what you’re getting yourself into before you do.
Since we know that your preferred doctor might not be available at all times, the doctor’s last seen time on the app is included. This way, you know when to expect them to next be online.
Get e-prescriptions
After consulting, the doctors go ahead to offer you with prescriptions.
Book a lab test
You can schedule a lab-test and the team from Seven doctors Uganda gets to you and conduct health tests. These can also be done from a recommended hospital.
Booking an appointment
You can get your healthcare from online to offline by booking an appointment. This can be at your preferred time, but there is an option to chat with the doctor and make adjustments.
FREE Daily online health tips
When you download the Seven app, you are availed with FREE daily health tips.
Health facility recommendations in Uganda
The Seven app team has partnered with local hospitals allover Uganda, in different districts. These are listed for you to choose from in case you want to visit a doctor physically.
Other services offered by the Seven app include:
- Ordering for medicines
- Medication reminders (These you set for yourself)
You can download the seven app on Google Play Store. The iOS version of the app is not available as per the writing of this blog.
Download the Seven App 
Login/Sign up 
Enjoy the services
Is Seven app FREE?
Downloading the app, yes. However, for the different services, you are required to pay. These are priced differently within the app.
With all those services, surely there is a catch to it. Here is how to pay for services in the seven app.
How to access healthcare services through the app
In order to get a test of all those services listed above, you have to load your account with e-cash.
The seven app gives its users an option to load cash on their seven app digital wallet from:
- MTN Mobile money
- Airtel money
- M-Pesa
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Paypal
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The availability of all these options is surely a great advantage to enable access for many.
Here is how to top-up your seven app with credit
- Open your seven app
- Go to settings
- Select the option of payments
- Then click on top-up
- A list of options will be given to you (Choose your preferred option)
Click on Account option Below 
Select the Payment option 
Click on Top-up button above
In case you are a new user, you can get FREE health consultancy for the first time. This is through the FREE coupon for the first-timers. Check your notifications and the welcome notification will have a GIFT coupon. In order to redeem the coupon:
- Click on the option of COUPON
- Insert the coupon
- And boom, try out the Seven app services for FREE
Click on coupon 
Insert gift coupon 
Refresh the app and credit top-up
In case you are wondering how Seven works, here is a quick guide to take you through the steps.
Is Healthcare online in Uganda a thing?
Health care online in Uganda is surely a new thing, with many resorting to nearby pharmacies. But, as a service, it is an accessible option incase you are out of reach from a doctor.
From the 37 reviews currently on the app, and over 1000 downloads, the curve surely shows that users have enjoyed the app. There are a few negative reviews, and these are mostly from the app’s usability and not services offered.
There is, however, a long way to go for online healthcare services in Uganda to go.
Final verdict: Pros and Cons
Pros
- The app light (only 6mbs)
- All the doctors’ information is listed (Hospital, Experience, Consultancy fee, Last seen online, Booking times available)
- Multiple payment options to load your Seven app digital wallet
- The User interface is friendly
Cons
- No iOS version of the app
- The app is buggy and crashes sometimes
- Loading your digital wallet takes a while
We hope this review has been helpful. Please share with us what you think about the Seven app below, and also the future of telemedicine in Uganda.