Devi Prasad Shetty

In 2001, Dr. Devi Shetty founded Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore with a mission to take affordable health care to the people. What started as a 280-bed hospital then has, in the last 15 years grown to become a 32 hospitals network with 6,498 beds across 20 cities employing 15,262 people and 1,861 doctors. It has so far performed over 100,000 cardiac surgeries and 250,000 cath lab procedures. The group performs 150 major surgeries (including 44 cardiac surgeries) daily. It treats 2 million patients

Introduction The cost of healthcare is an unsettling factor for much of the world. The United States is known to have one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the world. Many people assume that the high cost of healthcare relates to the quality of care that we receive for the care. The Have a Heart video about bringing affordable healthcare to areas in dire need of experienced doctors and lifesaving treatments to an underserved population was pretty eye opening. I found it very interesting

Market Size The Indian health care market has a current size of US$ 65 billion. Hospital supplies and health care equipment segment ranges between US$ 4.5-5 million. Hospitals, pharmaceuticals, nursing homes and diagnostics centres, that form a part of healthcare delivery, constitute 65 per cent of the total market. Of total healthcare revenues in the country, hospitals account for 71 per cent, pharmaceuticals for 13 per cent and medical equipment and supplies for 9 per cent. As per PWC, The size

Executive Summary On December 3, 1984, toxic poisonous methyl isocyanate gas leaked from Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL 's) pesticide plant in Bhopal. The gas leak triggered a disaster that is now widely recognized as the world worst industrial catastrophe. Thousands of people were killed instantly and more than 25,000 people have died of gas-related illnesses, several thousands more maimed for life since. Union Carbide negotiated a settlement with the Indian Government in 1989 for $470 million

Government of India b i n n o v a i c u l t u r w u s i n e s f E N T R E P R E N E UR S H I P m n a d c a t i o n u o n P l o y m e n t l t h e v i r o n m e n t n a n c e A Study by National Knowledge Commission Entrepreneurship in India National Knowledge Commission 2008 ©National Knowledge Commission, 2008 This report has been prepared by Amlanjyoti Goswami, Namita Dalmia and Megha Pradhan with support and guidance from Dr. Ashok Kolaskar and Mr. Sunil Bahri. Table