Bengaluru: Dr Srivats Bharadwaj, founder, Vatsalya Centre, which provides oral health and hygiene round the clock, has unconventional views on healthcare, with greater emphasis on prevention than cure. “Doctors must be paid the highest amount of fee when the population is healthy and not when it is unhealthy. But sadly in today’s scenario, the disease is creating more business for doctors and the preventive aspect has taken a hit,” Dr Srivats remarked.

His mission, however, includes making healthcare accessible to those in need and he makes it a point to reach out to any patient at any time of the hour. 

“We are the country’s only dental care provider, which provides 24/7 emergency dental service like an ambulance and we get calls from patients at odd hours, but we reach out to them by going to the spot in the ambulance,” he said.

“Primarily, I believe that a doctor is someone who should be available to his patients round the clock and at their doorstep. This inherent feeling is what I have applied into my practice,” he said.

The doctor focuses on reaching out to the homeless, destitute and children, who are in dire need of oral health check up and treatment, but are unaware of the same. His team recently reached out to 450 children in a government school in Tumakuru and treated the children of various oral complaints.

By Dr. Srivats Bharadwaj
Founder & CEO, Vatsalya Dental, Bengaluru