How Dr. Suhina Singh turned her autoimmune battle into a mission to fix fragmented health data

Born and raised in South Africa, Suhina started her career as a doctor, working in oncology in the United Kingdom. During her stint there, she witnessed first-hand how fragmented health data impacted patients. Suhina also faced the same issues when she pivoted to the pharmaceutical industry, where she realised that critical health data was “often inaccessible, unstructured and difficult to use.” This could, in turn, cause healthcare providers to miss critical opportunities to improve patients’ outcomes.

On a personal level, she encountered the same challenges as a patient. Her multiple autoimmune disorders meant that she had to repeat her medical history, explain her test results and piece together her health records from different healthcare providers, countries and systems. Suhina also experienced the same struggles when she was supporting her brother-in-law through his battle with stage four pancreatic cancer.

Through her experiences, she realised how disconnected health records can lead to unnecessary treatment delays, inefficiencies in the overall healthcare system, and stress for patients and their loved ones. As a result, she built Jonda Health, a Singapore-based health tech startup.

“We are creating the infrastructure to make health data truly accessible and standardised—so that no patient, doctor, or researcher has to experience unnecessary delays because their data is locked away or incomprehensible,” she shares.

Currently, Suhina has built two key products with her team. JondaX, built for healthcare providers, replaces hospitals and clinic staff’s need to enter patients’ data manually. It automates the process of extracting, structuring and harmonising medical data from various forms into standardised and usable formats, reducing errors and work time.

The other product is the Jonda application, which allows users to collect, store and manage their health data from different healthcare providers. The application will give them a more comprehensive and complete record of their health history in one place.

With healthcare data more harmonised through Jonda Health, Suhina hopes that medical research can be accelerated while individuals become empowered with their data and doctors have the support of better insights.

The biggest challenge for Suhina was switching from being a healthcare provider to a startup founder. “As a doctor, I was trained to think clinically, follow structured protocols, and work within existing healthcare systems. But building a health tech startup required an entirely different mindset—it meant stepping into the unknown, embracing uncertainty, and navigating a world that was completely new to me.”

At the same time, as a female and non-technical founder, Suhina walked into rooms where she was the only woman.

“In the early days, I often questioned whether I belonged—if I was ‘technical enough’, if I needed to prove myself more, or if I was being taken seriously,” she recalls.

“But I realised over time that the biggest limitation wasn’t the industry—it was the narrative I had internalised about myself. I had to unlearn the idea that I was at a disadvantage and understand that what I bring to the table—my perspective, my resilience, my ability to connect dots in ways others don’t—is my strength.”

Photography Lawrence Teo
Art direction Adeline Eng
Makeup Lasalle Lee, using Shiseido
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Brought to you in partnership with Singtel, the inspiring Innovators featured in our SG60 issue are women who are driving Singapore’s progress through their bold choices and achievements. With their stories of resilience, reinvention and selflessness, we hope to inspire and empower the next generation of women to take charge of their paths and turn possibilities into reality. Singtel wishes all women a Happy International Women’s Day and Happy SG60.

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