Mumbai, Feb. 22 -- India is on track to become the first country in the world to decouple healthcare from wealth, says Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman and Founder of Narayana Health.

While speaking on the sidelines of the 25th Global Conference of Actuaries at BKC, Dr Shetty predicted this shift will occur within the next five to seven years.

Dr Shetty emphasised that the quality of medical treatment in India will soon be independent of a citizen's financial status. He noted that the country has already increased the number of doctors and hospital beds significantly.

"India will become the first country in the world to dissociate healthcare from wealth. India will prove to the world that the wealth of the nation or wealth of the family...