The Medicine Box | Top hospital heads on growth drivers for preventive and predictive health space

She said her vision is that for the consumer the facility complete the entire healthcare offering. 360 degree offering, "but we are not transactional, we are pro-active, because we also want to look after their health even in the preventive healthcare space and the next segment of growth will come from preventive healthcare space.”

She added that by next year, preventive healthcare will be around Rs 500 crore of sales from Rs 300 crore.

Dr Trehan said preventive healthcare is growing but at the same time Medanta is leading the way in predictive health.

Predictive health is a field of medicine that entails predicting the probability of disease and instituting preventive measures in order to either prevent the disease altogether or significantly decrease its impact on the patient.

"When a person comes to you on family history, we can now predict chances of disease and be more precise. Predictive health can prevent diabetes with knowledge and can prevent disease with personalised medicine," Dr Trehan said.

However, he added that predictive health is a work in progress.

Many wellness centre has predictive health. He is a believer in Ayurveda and his focus is on integrated wellness.