Even on a Sunday: Preetha Reddy

Preetha Reddy
53, MD, Apollo Hospitals Group
(Number of times in BT's Most Powerful list: 6)

Biggest achievement in 2010: Commissioning five hospitals in the past year and taking the total bed strength to 8,000 Being a powerful woman is important because: It enables you to make a difference in people's lives Tip for work-life balance: Make it seamless A workplace without women is: The worst place to be in. Women have a different perspective of looking at things

Seven days a week - Preetha Reddy works Sundays too. "Our father always tells us sickness has no holiday," says the 53-year-old heir apparent and eldest among the four daughters of Apollo Hospitals Group founder Dr Prathap C. Reddy. In the past year the Apollo Group commissioned five hospitals and took the total bed strength to 8,000.

"Being the largest is not about the number of beds or the number of people we treat but about delivering cutting-edge quality in each case handled and excelling at that," says Reddy.
-E. Kumar Sharma

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