Welcome to the portal coughology.in. Please carefully go through these terms and conditions (“Terms”) and the privacy policy available at (website domain) (“Privacy Policy”) before you decide to access the Website or avail the services made available on the Website by coughology. These Terms and the Privacy Policy together constitute a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between you and coughology.in in connection with your visit to the Website and your use of the Services (as defined below).
The Website should not be used in cases of medical emergencies and coughology does not, and should not be considered in any form to be a substitute for a doctor or a hospital.
Registration
If you wish to comment on an article or ask a question or save your search for future reference, you will have register on the Website and become a registered user. To register onto the Website, a user will have to provide information such as email address and password. There are no registration charges.
Interaction on the Website
If you decide to engage with a doctor to provide medical services to you, you do so at your own risk. The results of any search you perform on the Website for doctors, or provision of access to any healthcare professional or doctor on the basis of your specific request, should not be construed as endorsement by this Website of any such particular doctor. We advise you to perform your own investigation prior to selecting a doctor or a health care provider.
Third Party Services:
You understand that third party services may be made available on the Website. For example, you may be able to book an appointment with a doctor over the phone (toll free number) through the website. Please note that in the event you choose to avail any such third-party services that are made available on the Website, you will be absolutely and solely responsible for your interactions with such third-party service providers. coughology.in does not endorse the services of any third-party service providers that are made available on the Website.
Information Uploaded by You on the Website:
While coughology.in takes utmost care with respect to the security of the information you decide to upload, you understand that any information that you disclose on the Website is at your own risk. By uploading / sharing / disclosing your medical information on the Website, you hereby give your consent to coughology.in to store such health / medical information on coughology.in servers. coughology.in will retain such medical / health information you upload on the Website for as long as it is needed to fulfill the service you seek to avail on the Website. If you delete your account, coughology.in will delete such medical / health information. But please note: (1) there might be some latency in deleting this information from our servers and backup storage; and (2) we may retain this information if necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
Clinical Support Information
The information and materials available through the Website are for informational and educational purposes only and are not intended to constitute professional advice, diagnosis or treatment, or to substitute for your professional judgment. We do not recommend or endorse any provider of health care or health-related products, items or services, and the appearance of materials on the Website relating to any such products, items or services is not an endorsement or recommendation of them.
Caller’s Information
Against every Doctor listed in coughology.in, you may see a number to reach the doctor through a free telephony service provided by coughology.in, and the records of such calls are recorded and stored in our servers. Such records are dealt with only in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy. Such call facility provided to you by coughology.in should be used only for appointment and booking purposes, and not for consultation on health-related issues. coughology.in accepts no liability if the call facility is not used in accordance with the foregoing.
Weekly Update
Once you register with coughology.in, we will send you bi-weekly newsletters talking about ‘what’s new’ on the website related to blood pressure and hypertension. You may unsubscribe to it by following the necessary steps in the email that you receive.
No Doctor-Patient Relationship
Please note that some of the content, text, data, graphics, images, information, suggestions, guidance and other material (collectively, “Information”) that may be available on the Website (including information provided in direct response to your questions or postings) may be provided by individuals in the medical profession. The provision of such Information does not create a licensed medical professional/patient relationship, between coughology.in and you and does not constitute an opinion, medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment of any particular condition, but is only provided to assist you with locating appropriate medical care from a qualified practitioner.
Termination
The Company reserves the right, in the event you breach these Terms of Use stipulated herein, to suspend and/or terminate your access to the Website with or without notice to you. Any suspected illegal, fraudulent, or abusive activity may be grounds for terminating your access to the Website. Upon suspension or termination, your right to procure the Services on the Website shall immediately cease and the Company reserves the right to remove or delete your information that is available with the Company, including but not limited to login and account information.
The information provided on the Website and in any other communications from or provided through coughology.in is not intended as a substitute for, nor does it replace, professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Do not disregard, avoid or delay obtaining medical advice from a qualified health care professional because of advice that you may have obtained through the Website. Your use of Information provided on the Website is solely at your own risk. Nothing stated or posted on the Website or available through any Services is intended to be, and must not be taken to be, the practice of medicine or the provision of medical care.