Dengue care at home in Mumbai

Most dengue recovers at home. Someone has to be watching.

Blood collection, daily vitals, fluids charted, IV fluids on a doctor’s order and a doctor at the door if it is needed — arranged around one patient in one bedroom. And an honest answer, on the day, when home care has stopped being enough.

₹448+per nursing visit. Tests, drips and doctor visits quoted separately.
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Arrange dengue care at homeOur Care Team calls you back within 5 minutes.

We use your number only to arrange this care. If the patient is bleeding, drowsy or vomiting repeatedly, go to a hospital now — do not wait for a callback.

Go to a hospital now if any of these have started

Severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, bleeding from the gums or nose, blood in vomit or black stools, drowsiness or restlessness, cold clammy skin, or passing much less urine. These are the warning signs of severe dengue and they usually appear as the fever falls, when the patient seems to be improving. Call 108 or get to the nearest emergency room — do not book a visit and wait.

What it costs

Nursing visits from ₹448+. Everything else is quoted for what is actually being booked, because nobody knows on day three how many days this will run.

₹448+per nursing visit
Travel anywhere we serve in Mumbai
Included
Home blood collection and reports
Quoted separately
IV fluids on a doctor’s order
From ₹1,000
What the visit covers
  • A verified nurse for the visit, and the vitals recorded in writing for your doctor
  • Fluid intake and urine output charted, which is the thing families most often lose track of
  • Prescribed medicines given on time, and tepid sponging through the fever spikes
  • Warning signs explained to whoever is at home, in plain language, before the nurse leaves
  • A call to you if the picture changes, and a straight recommendation to go in when it should
What it does not
  • The lab tests, the doctor's visit and IV fluids — each quoted separately
  • Medicines and consumables prescribed for the patient
  • Platelet transfusion, which is a hospital decision and a hospital procedure
  • A diagnosis. We monitor and we report; your doctor decides

There is no dengue package on this page and that is deliberate: a fixed number of days would be a guess about an illness that does not keep to one. You are quoted for what is booked, visit by visit.

What we bring to the house

Book one piece or all four. Most families start with the blood collection and add the nursing visits once the doctor has seen the first report.

Home blood collection

NS1, IgM/IgG or the daily complete blood count your doctor has ordered, collected in the patient's own bed. The falling platelet trend is what the doctor is reading, so the same test on consecutive days is worth more than one done well.

Quoted on the call

Nursing visits and monitoring

Temperature, pulse and blood pressure recorded rather than remembered, fluid intake and urine output written down, medicines given on time, and someone in the room who knows which changes mean hospital.

From ₹448

IV fluids at home

When the doctor has ordered them and the patient is still safe to treat at home. A nurse sets the line, runs the drip and stays with it — dengue is not an illness to leave a running line unattended in.

From ₹1,000

A doctor at home

For the examination that decides whether this is still home care at all. Nobody should be carrying a patient in the critical phase across the city to be told to go home again.

From ₹2,500

How it works

01

Tell us where the fever is. Send the form with which day of the fever the patient is on and what you need. Our Care Team calls you back within 5 minutes — the day matters, because the risky phase is not the one with the highest temperature.

02

Tests and visits, arranged the same day where we can. Blood collection at home, a nursing visit, IV fluids on a doctor's order, or a doctor's visit. Reports come to your phone rather than being collected.

03

Someone watches the trend, not just the number. Vitals and fluids are charted across visits so the direction is visible. If the warning signs appear, you are told to go to a hospital — plainly, and without us trying to keep the booking.

A Healkin phlebotomist drawing a blood sample from the arm of a patient sitting up in bed at home

What families get wrong about dengue

The dangerous phase is when the fever falls

This is the part most families do not know. Dengue's critical window usually opens as the temperature comes down, around days four to six, when the patient looks like they are getting better. That is when the leak happens and when the watching matters most, and it is exactly when people stop watching.

We will tell you to go to hospital

Home care for dengue works because most cases genuinely recover at home. It works honestly only if somebody says when it has stopped being enough. Severe abdominal pain, repeated vomiting, bleeding, drowsiness, cold clammy skin, less urine — any of those and our nurse tells you to go in, that day, rather than book the next visit.

No painkiller roulette

Paracetamol only, at the dose the doctor gave. Aspirin and the anti-inflammatory painkillers raise the bleeding risk in dengue, and chemist combination fever medicines often hide one in the mix. The nurse will read the strips you have at home rather than assume.

Questions, answered

Can dengue be treated at home at all?
Most cases are, and that is what the guidance says: fluids, rest, paracetamol for the fever, and someone watching the patient closely. What home care buys you is the watching — daily vitals, a platelet count that is actually tracked rather than guessed at, and a nurse who has seen the warning signs before. What it cannot do is replace admission when the illness turns, and we will say so on the day rather than keep the booking.
When does someone need a hospital instead?
Severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, bleeding from the gums or nose, blood in vomit or black stools, drowsiness or restlessness, cold clammy skin, or a drop in urine passed — any one of these means an emergency room now, not a visit tomorrow. These usually appear as the fever falls, which is the cruel part: the patient looks better and is not. Call 108 or go to the nearest hospital.
How often should the platelet count be checked?
Your doctor sets that, and in the critical phase it is often daily. We do the blood collection at home so nobody carries a feverish patient to a lab queue, and the report comes to your phone. The falling trend matters more than any single number, which is why the same test on consecutive days is worth more than one done well.
Do low platelets mean a transfusion?
Usually not. Most people with dengue recover without one, and the decision rests on bleeding and the clinical picture rather than the number alone. It is a hospital decision made by the treating doctor. Nobody should be arranging platelets on the strength of a report and a WhatsApp forward.
Which painkillers are safe?
Paracetamol only, at the dose your doctor gave. Aspirin, ibuprofen and the other anti-inflammatory painkillers are avoided in dengue because they raise the bleeding risk, and combination fever medicines from a chemist often contain one without saying so plainly. If you are unsure what is in a strip at home, show it to the doctor or the nurse.
What does a nurse actually do on the visit?
Temperature, pulse, blood pressure and where possible a check for the early signs of leak; fluid intake and urine output written down rather than remembered; tepid sponging and comfort care; and the prescribed medicines given on time. If IV fluids have been ordered, the nurse runs them. And if the picture changes, you get told to go in — that is the most valuable thing on the list.
Can you look after the whole family?
Yes. Dengue tends to arrive by household because the mosquito breeds where you live, and it is common for us to be monitoring two people in one flat. Say so on the call so the visit is planned for both rather than stretched across one slot.
Is the price on this page the final price?
Nursing visits start at ₹448+. Blood collection, IV fluids and a doctor's visit are quoted separately, because how much of each you need depends entirely on how the illness goes. The Care Team gives you the total for what is actually being booked, on the call, before anything is scheduled.

Arrange it now, hear from us in 5 minutes.

Send what you need, which day of the fever the patient is on, your name and your number. Our Care Team calls and plans the next 48 hours with you.

Dengue care at home₹448+
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