For clinics in Hubli-Dharwad (Kannada, Marathi, Hindi speakers)

Clinics & Dental Practices in Hubli-Dharwad: Run on WhatsApp, voice & CRM

Patients book on WhatsApp. Reminders go out automatically. Missed calls are answered by an AI voice agent. Your front desk gets their afternoon back. Built for Hubli-Dharwad's Vidyanagar, Gokul Road, Old Hubli, Keshwapur businesses — works in Kannada, Marathi, Hindi.

Hubli-Dharwad at a glance

Metro population
11 lakh
SMBs estimate
0.5 lakh
GST state code
29
City tier
Tier 2

Key business hubs: Vidyanagar, Gokul Road, Old Hubli, Keshwapur, Navnagar. Languages: Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, English.

The Hubli-Dharwad angle for clinics

Hubli-Dharwad sits on the KA-MH border; many SMBs serve both states routinely, making place-of-supply tracking + interstate GST a recurring chore.

30% no-show rate on appointments

~₹40,000/month at a 4-doctor clinic

Patients book, then forget. Without a 24-hour-before reminder, no-show rates in Indian clinics typically run 20-30% — every empty slot is lost revenue and a delayed patient who could have used it.

Front desk drowns in WhatsApp + calls

One person fielding bookings on WhatsApp, taking phone calls, doing patient intake, and managing the queue. The phone rings while they're typing a reply; both get half-attention.

Off-hours bookings vanish

65% of clinic enquiries come outside 10am-6pm. Without a 24/7 reply, these patients move on to the next clinic in the same area within an hour.

Language + voice in Hubli-Dharwad

Kannada-first; Marathi from border regions; Hindi in trade.

Doggu's voice agent auto-detects Kannada, Marathi, Hindi and switches mid-conversation if the caller does. WhatsApp templates can be approved in any of the languages your customers actually use.

How Doggu fits Hubli-Dharwad clinics

WhatsApp booking + reminders

Book and remind, end-to-end

Patients message your number, see live slot availability, book in 30 seconds. 24-hour-before reminder sends automatically with a one-tap reschedule/cancel. No-shows drop from ~22% to ~7%.

Salon and clinic clients see ~80% of inbound calls fully resolved by the AI agent + WhatsApp combo, with the front desk handling only the complex 20%.

AI voice agent (24/7)

Pick up every call

When the front desk is busy or off-shift, the voice agent answers in 1-2 rings. Speaks Hindi, English, regional languages. Books, reschedules, takes messages — all routed to the doctor's WhatsApp.

Off-hours bookings captured: 30-50% of total bookings, depending on practice.

Patient CRM

Every patient, every visit, one record

Auto-captures every WhatsApp conversation, call, booking, payment against the patient. Search by name or phone. Tags for diabetic / pre/post-surgery / pediatric — push relevant follow-ups to the right list.

Payment collection

Razorpay/UPI links without the GST headache

Send a payment link via WhatsApp the moment a booking is confirmed. Auto-collected, GST-invoice generated, marked paid in the patient record.

Sample WhatsApp template

Appointment reminder template (utility, ~₹0.30/conversation)

Hi {{name}}, this is a reminder for your appointment with Dr. {{doctor}} at {{clinic_name}}.

📅 *{{date}}* at *{{time}}*
📍 {{address}}

Reply RESCHEDULE to move it. Reply CANCEL to free the slot for someone else.

Localize for Hubli-Dharwad: open with Kannada greeting if your audience leans local. Tone in Hubli-Dharwad skews warmer, formal, with local-language touches.

Payments in Hubli-Dharwad

UPI ~70%, cards ~10%, COD ~15%.

Growing; cotton and engineering trade clusters adopting steadily.

Local festivals + regulatory

Major festivals: Ugadi, Diwali, Karaga.

Karnataka GST (state code 29). KA-MH border affects place-of-supply rules; cotton-mandi regulations apply.

Pricing for Hubli-Dharwad clinics

Most clinics fit the Pro plan (₹2,499/month) — covers WhatsApp Business API, voice agent, CRM, booking, and payments. Multi-doctor practices on Growth (₹4,999/month) for branded multi-tenant booking pages.

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FAQ — clinics in Hubli-Dharwad

Does Doggu work for businesses based in Hubli-Dharwad?

Yes — Doggu is hosted in India (ap-south-1, Mumbai), GST-compliant for any state including Karnataka (state code 29), and the voice agent supports Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, English out of the box.

What about local language support for Hubli-Dharwad?

Kannada-first; Marathi from border regions; Hindi in trade.The voice agent and chatbot both handle this automatically — you don't pick the language, the system detects it from the caller / chatter's first message.

Will Doggu integrate with my clinic management software?

Doggu is the patient-facing layer (WhatsApp, voice, booking, payments, CRM). For internal HMS/EHR (e.g. Practo Ray, MocDoc, Halemind) we expose a webhook that syncs new bookings into your existing system. Most clinics either run Doggu alongside their HMS or use Doggu as their primary system.

Do you handle multi-doctor / multi-branch?

Yes. Each doctor or branch has their own slot calendar, availability, and consultation fee. Patients pick the doctor at booking; the AI agent disambiguates if they don't say. Each brand on the Growth plan gets its own booking page.

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