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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