Earlier this month, former Indian Health Secretary Prasanna Hota visited LifeSpring Hospital at Moula Ali -- the hospital he inaugurated almost four years ago. The furthest thing from your stereotypical Indian bureaucrat, he regularly uses words like "rascal", graduated from Columbia Business School, enjoys discussing Locke, and bluntly speaks his mind in the most refreshing way. During his tenure, he pushed through widespread reforms increasing accessibility to healthcare, especially in rural India.
During the middle of his talk to the LifeSpring staff, he turns to me and says:
"Time flies so quickly. Before you know it, you'll blink and be 70, telling your grandchildren about all the LifeSpring Hospitals you helped open across India and the world."
That was at once one of the scariest and nicest thoughts I've heard in a while.
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