Lower Income Households

The effect of poverty on healthcare and vice versa is significant.

Studies have shown that the poor in India are disproportionately affected by diseases and have limited access to adequate medical services.

High illiteracy rates, limited access to safe water, and poor sanitation all contribute to the poor state of health in which many of the poor live.

One episode of illness is at times capable of impacting the economic status of a low income household to such an extent that all assets are eroded, gainful employment of one or more members is lost and the family falls into a perpetual debt cycle which initiates a downward spiral with respect to its wellbeing.

At one extreme, expansion and betterment of health care services in India have seen the emergence of a competitive private sector that is capable of providing very effective and high end medical services and at the other end is the public health care system that has the mandate to provide free basic health services but is plagued with issues of resource availability and effective deployment.

This gap is what we target and our hospitals therefore will work with the lower income households of the society where the expenses incurred on health have a life changing effect. This, we believe, is our most important differentiator.