In India, the healthcare industry is undergoing a revolutionary change mainly due to the rising income levels, increasing awareness on lifestyle diseases, changing attitude from prescriptive to preventive healthcare, growing insurance market and increasing government spending on healthcare. New and innovative healthcare delivery models are coming in the market including planned surgical centres, similar to the Ambulatory surgery centres in the U.S..Our visionary Founder Chairman Dr. Prathap C. Reddy identified the retail healthcare opportunity long before others and thus Apollo Clinics were established as a network. Since setup of its first Clinic in 2002, AHLL has experienced significant growth and come a long way not only in terms its geographical footprint and number of centres but also in the variety of service delivery formats it operates today. The recent acquisition of Nova Specialty Hospitals by AHLL places the Company as the largest player in multi-specialty planned surgical centres in India. In the last 4 years, the business has expanded from 2 formats to 5 formats and established leadership in practically every segment that it operates in.