Raghavendra Rao

Vaatsalya

70% of India's population lives in semi-urban and rural areas. 80% of Healthcare facilities in India are in Urban areas. Vaatsalya is bridging this gap by building India's first network of hospitals focused on semi-urban and rural areas. Winner of Sankalp Award for Social Enterprise 2009, Vaatsalya is revolutionizing the way the healthcare industry is structured in India. Vaatsalya's nine low cost hospitals provide affordable healthcare to thousands of families everyday and the business model has been lauded as innovative and game changing by media and organizations worldwide. Situated in the southern state of Karnataka, Vaatsalya hospitals cater to the middle and lower income families and focus on four basic specializations of Gynecology, Pediatrics, General Surgery and General Medicine, which enable them to address about 70% of the healthcare needs of the local community. Vaatsalya intends to bring affordable, efficient and accessible care to more than million customers every year by expanding the network to over 50 locations in the next three years.