The world’s first metaverse primary health initiative for schools will likely get off the ground in the UAE when ShopDoc, an Indian healthcare startup, announces its ‘My School Clinix’—a metaverse clinic for schools—soon.
The project will be piloted across 100 select schools in the UAE in the initial phase.
“My School Clinix will be the world’s first metaverse primary clinic exclusively for schools in the UAE,” Shihab Makaniyil, founder and chief executive officer of ShopDoc, said.
“The use of the metaverse in primary care can be revolutionary. The younger generation who are now in schools can adapt faster to the gamified healthcare platform where we will provide preventive-focused primary care, create more awareness, and promote healthy and happy living,” Makaniyil said.
Significantly, the ShopDoc move on its metaverse primary clinic venture for schools in the UAE comes close on the heels of Dubai launching a metaverse strategy, where it aims to raise the sector’s contribution to the local economy to $4 billion.
The emirate’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who announced the new initiative on Twitter on Monday, said Dubai aimed to double the number of metaverse-related companies in the emirate in the next five years.
