Dr Prathap Reddy
Biography:
Dr.Prathap C Reddy, the visionary Founder Chairman of Apollo Hospitals, is widely credited as being the architect of modern Indian healthcare. He is best described as a compassionate humanitarian, who has dedicated his life to bringing world-class healthcare within the economic and geographic reach of millions of patients. The institution he built and the values and vision he inculcated led the private healthcare revolution that transformed the Indian healthcare landscape. It was Dr. Reddy’s vision to build a business model with an intrinsic ‘social conscience’. Apollo Hospitals opened its doors in 1983 and introduced international quality healthcare to India, at a cost that was a tenth of comparable costs in the Western world. This was Apollo’s first act of social responsibility and the Group has stayed true to Dr. Reddy’s vision in its journey of over three decades.