For Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute (AHRI).

Thank you very much for giving me this online opportunity to speak to you, making use of your most valuable time. I earnestly hope that this would mark the beginning of a meaningful association between you and 'Ananthapuri'.

It was more than a decade ago that 'Ananthapuri' got conceived in the mind of its primary promoters (me included) as a modest Venture consisting of only a couple of specialties like Neurology and Gynecology. As time passed, the advisability of embarking upon such a center, which invariably confines its scope of service only to a very small segment of the Society, dwindled against the extreme need and urgency of establishing tertiary level hospitals capable of catering to the healthcare needs of all sections of the Society at affordable rates. Detailed studies on the feasibility and viability of such a Project having its location in Thiruvananthapuram ensued. Positive results prompting planned action to implement the scheme emerged. Leading doctors, held in high esteem, who could presumably subscribe and contribute to the view, were taken into confidence and consulted. Marathon meetings involving more and more experts representing various branches of medicine, who could share and further strengthen the view, took place. Ananthapuri', as a 400 bedded tertiary hospital, became a reality as all resolved to join hands to implement the Project in two phases, the first consisting of Cardiology and Neurology (along with basic specialties) in May, 2005 and the final phase including all the specialties by 2006.