Honest DoctorConsultation
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We prescribe 40% fewer tests, medicines and surgeries.

Honest Doctor Consultation is a second-opinion-first clinic for urban India. Our partner doctors earn nothing from what they recommend, so every consultation is an honest second opinion built on clinical judgement, not targets.

A doctor in a modern Bengaluru clinic reviewing a patient's report with them on a tablet
40%
fewer tests, medicines and surgeries advised
30 min
minimum consultation, never a 4-minute queue
₹0
commission earned from labs or pharmacies

In India, the person advising your treatment often profits from it.

Cut-practice. Referral commissions. Targets on scans. Surgery packages sold before a diagnosis is confirmed. Families borrow money for care that was never needed, and lose trust in medicine itself.

Tests as revenue

Panels bundled by default, repeated every visit, rarely explained.

Medicines as margin

Multi-drug strips for self-limiting illness, brand-pushed over generics.

Surgery as a package

Elective procedures sold with urgency, without a conservative option on the table.

How an honest review works

One consultation. Two questions answered: is this necessary, and what can safely be removed?

  1. 01

    Share what you were told

    Upload prescriptions, scan reports, surgery advice or hospital estimates. WhatsApp works too.

  2. 02

    A 30-minute honest review

    A partner MD reviews the file line by line with you — what is needed, what is not, and why.

  3. 03

    Get a de-prescribed plan

    You receive a written second opinion: tests to skip, medicines to stop, and whether surgery can wait.

  4. 04

    We stay on the case

    Free follow-up review after your next report, so nobody quietly adds things back.

The four promises that make it possible

Zero commissions

Partner doctors take no cut from any lab, pharmacy, hospital or device company. Ever.

We partner, we don't employ

We don't hire doctors. We partner with independent doctors who already practise this way, on a flat fee for time — never for volume.

Written reasoning

Every recommendation — and every test we cancel — comes with the reason in plain language.

Reversal on record

If we disagree with an existing plan, you get a signed second opinion you can show anyone.

Open membership. One fee, nothing hidden.

Membership is open to everyone. Join to get daily yoga plus member pricing on every honest consultation.

Annual Membership

2,999/year

  • Open access for anyone to join
  • Everyday yoga service
  • Member pricing on honest consultations
  • Priority WhatsApp response
Become a member

Honest Consultation — Member

999/consultation

  • 30-minute honest second opinion
  • Line-by-line audit of tests and medicines
  • Written second opinion you can show anyone
  • One free follow-up review
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Honest Consultation — Non-member

1,999/consultation

  • 30-minute honest second opinion
  • Line-by-line audit of tests and medicines
  • Written second opinion you can show anyone
  • One free follow-up review
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Surgery / Test / Medication Review

1,999/review

  • Two independent partner doctors review the advice
  • Conservative alternatives explained in writing
  • Hospital estimate checked for padding
  • Free re-review after any new scan
Review surgery advice

Membership fee waived for daily-wage families on referral. We would rather lose the fee than let someone borrow for an unnecessary procedure.

Apply by WhatsApp.

Anyone can join. Send your name, city and the advice you want reviewed. We reply within one working day.

+91 63701 20209

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