Who we are

Medicine and technology, sitting on the same side of the bed

KalamConnect began with a shared aim: helping stroke patients communicate with the people who care for them.

A senior stroke consultant doctor and an IT consultant came together with a single idea: to build a stroke communication app that helps patients in their daily life. Seeing numerous cases — and seeing again and again how patients were unable to communicate with their family and with the doctors and nurses caring for them — a clear need arose for a dedicated communication aid for stroke patients.

What followed was not a rushed app. It was a detailed study of how communication actually breaks down after a stroke, and a requirements process aligned with the needs of speech and language therapists: the vocabulary they teach, the goals they set, the way progress is measured, and the realities of a busy ward. From that work, a new aphasia communication app was developed.

KalamConnect is the result — a dedicated communication aid shaped by clinical experience and technology expertise, focused on everyday communication difficulties after stroke.

The founders

Dr. Abdul Salam

Consultant Stroke Physician

Dr. Abdul Salam is a Senior Stroke Consultant working at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS FT. Beyond treating patients on the stroke ward, he takes an active part in research forums, keeping his practice aligned with the latest evidence in stroke care and rehabilitation.

It was his daily clinical experience — seeing patients unable to communicate with family, doctors and nurses — that shaped the idea for Kalam Connect and made sure the app reflects what patients genuinely need at the bedside.

Nasir Khan

Senior IT Consultant · Technology Lead

Nasir Khan is a Senior IT Consultant with over 22 years of industry experience. He has worked with a number of central government agencies on large-scale digital transformation programmes, delivering services that must be secure, accessible and dependable for the people who rely on them most.

He is also the founder of Nash Technologies and Consulting, London.

He brings that same discipline to Kalam Connect: accessible-by-default interfaces, careful handling of personal data, and an architecture that works reliably as a communication tool for hospital patients on a ward tablet and as a communication aid for stroke patients on a family's phone at home.