“We didn’t reinvent surgery. We reinvented everything around it.”

What began as three failed startups and a stubborn belief that India deserved better became the foundation of Pristyn Care — one of India’s most scaled and tech-enabled surgical care platforms.

Harsimarbir Singh, Co-founder of Pristyn Care and BeatXP, breaks down how Pristyn Care scaled to 300,000+ surgeries, built a network of 300+ exclusive surgeons, and leveraged technology to reengineer long-broken processes inside the operating theatre.

In this episode:
- How a “build for India” conviction shaped Harsh’s entrepreneurial journey
- The road to co-founding Pristyn Care
- Why owning the end-to-end surgical journey changed the game in Indian healthcare
- Reengineering admissions, discharge, insurance processing, and OT workflows
- Scaling to 300,000+ surgeries with a network of 300+ exclusive surgeons
- How digitisation improved patient outcomes

00:00 - 2:15 - Sneak Peek of the episode
2:15 - 3:27 - Introduction to Emversity
3:27 - 12:22 - Harsh’s Startup Journey
12:22 - 20:17 - The thought of building in America and the youth population’s potential
20:18 - 25:03 - Young Entrepreneurs and their challenges
25:03 - 54:20 - Inception story of Prisytn
54:20 - 57:35 - Occupancy Problems in Hospitals
57:35 - 1:10:18 - AI in Healthcare
1:10:18 - 1:16:55 - Investment in Technology for Pristyn
1:16:55 - 1:23:38 - Raising Funds and the responsibilities that come with it for Hospitals
1:23:38 - 1:28:54 - BeatXP Journey
1:29:06 - 1:33:05 - Advice for budding entrepreneurs building in healthcare

Whether you’re a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, student or operator, this episode is a deep dive into how technology, clinical expertise and first-principles thinking can transform surgical care at scale.

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Vishal Bali, one of India’s most respected healthcare leaders, joins us on this episode of #ThePrognosisPodcast to reflect on a three-decade journey that has helped shape the modern Indian healthcare landscape.

From helping build Wockhardt’s first corporate hospitals to steering Fortis international expansion, and now shaping AHH’s single-specialty platform, Vishal carries a rare view of operations, leadership, and institution-building inside Indian healthcare.

In this episode:
- How Vishal’s early years in hospital operations shaped his approach to scale
- The shift from multi-specialty hospitals to focused, single-specialty formats
- The AHH's full stack healthcare model
- Why “own and operate” beats “invest and observe” in healthcare
- What India needs to focus on to unlock the next decade of healthcare growth
- Vishal’s leadership principles across 30 years of running, building, and scaling healthcare enterprises

0:00 - 2:37 - Trailer
2:37 - 3:48 - Introduction to Emversity
3:48 - 16:01 - Vishal Bali’s Leadership Journey
16:01 - 19:55 - Entrepreneurship Challenges
19:55 - 25:28 - The thought of building in India
25:28 - 27:27 - Vishal Bali's approach to navigating obstacles while building in India
27:27 - 28:19 - Multi-speciality VS Single-Speciality Setups
28:19 - 37:04 - The idea behind starting Asia Healthcare Holdings
37:05 - 40:03 - Vishal Bali’s take on Investments
40:03 - 43:05 - Specialities that Vishal Bali finds interesting
43:05 - 44:36 - Take on the growth of Clinics via Celebrity Clinicians
44:36 - 47:47 - Private equity takeovers and the myth of destruction
47:47 - 50:02 - Roles that Vishal Bali has played in his career: Operator, Entrepreneur & Investor
50:02 - 53:09 - Vishal Bali’s Leadership Style
53:09 - 55:23 - Impact of AI in Healthcare
55:23 - 1:02:57 - Challenges in Building in Healthcare
1:02:57 - 1:08:46 - The Healthcare Policy framework in India
1:08:46 - 1:11:03 - Vishal Bali’s learnings from advanced nations
1:11:03 - 1:15:26 - Important Lessons Vishal Bali has learnt in his career
1:15:26 - 1:18:06 - Vishal Bali’s plan for the future

A grounded, insightful exploration of healthcare and institution building, from a leader who has influenced the past 30 years of the healthcare industry and is helping define its next chapter.

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When Deepak Sahni realised that the only way to fix India's Diagnostic Care Ecosystem was to go full-stack, he shut down a 30-city operation and rebuilt Healthians from a single city, with one goal: To make preventive care the default, not the afterthought.
In this episode of The Prognosis Podcast, our Founder & CEO Vivek Sinha goes deep with Deepak Sahni, Founder & CEO of Healthians, one of India's largest diagnostic networks.

Key themes explored:
→ The broken truth behind India's diagnostic market
→ Why chronic & preventive care — not sick care — is India's real diagnostic engine
→ How transparency is the game changer in diagnostic care
→ Solving the toughest part: logistics
→ The Brand Philosophy: "Adding 10 healthy years to every Indian's life"
→ The founder's journey: conviction, pivots & burnout

What started as a single-city pivot is now serving millions across India — and more importantly, it's shifting how we think about healthcare itself: from reactive treatment to proactive prevention.

This isn't just about diagnostic care. It's about reshaping the very idea of healthcare in India — from cure-focused to prevention-first, from mistrust to transparency.

A masterclass in consumer-first healthcare, operational innovation, and purpose-driven building.

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