Young Markham physician seeks Tamil and Indigenous teams to pilot Meducine worldwide health information platform – YorkRegion.com
August 20, 2025
Eureka Fellowship helps Tami Vasanthrakumaran develop app and platform.
A “fundamental human right” is understanding your own health, says Tami Vasanthakumaran, a young Markham physician.
Sixty per cent of us apparently can’t.
A study found that many Canadian adults have “low health literacy,” meaning they don’t have a basic understanding of human health, said Vasanthakumaran, who said that rate worsens among older adults and those living in poverty.
