“If you’re not solving for access, you’re not solving healthcare”

That conviction led Dr. Suchin Bajaj to build where most wouldn’t.

In this episode of The Prognosis Podcast, Dr. Shuchin Bajaj, Founder & Director of Ujjala Cygnus Hospitals, shares how he built a hospital network focused on India’s most underserved regions, tier 2 and tier 3 towns where access, affordability, and outcomes are often the hardest to solve.

His journey is driven by a clear idea: that healthcare in India cannot scale by extending metro-centric models. It needs to be rethought for a very different reality, one that combines scale with affordability, building hospitals designed for smaller towns without compromising on quality or outcomes.

In this episode:
- Why Sachin chose to build in underserved towns when most providers focused on metros
- The thinking behind a high-volume, low-cost model without compromising on quality
- How financial outcomes shape healthcare decisions for patients and families
- The role of Ayushman Bharat in enabling scalable access
- Why preventive and primary care remain critical gaps in India’s healthcare system
- What it takes to build a mission-driven, market-minded healthcare business

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