Healthcare Radius – August 2019

14 AUGUST 2019 | HEALTHCARE RADIUS

COVER STORY

1. Anuj Arenja,
   managing director &
   CEO, QI Spine Clinic

Anuj Arenja, managing director & CEO, QI

Spine Clinic, on how the group is redefining

back pain management through non-

surgical treatment

BY RITA DUTTA

1

Q

I Spine Clinic is one of the

ventures of Arenja Holdings, an

investment house that spe-

cialises in the promotion and

incubation of greenfield healthcare ventures.

QI Spine Clinic, established in 2011 to provide

advanced back pain diagnosis and treat-

ment, has 22 clinics across four cities in India

and is looking at fortifying its presence to 80

centres in the next five years.

What were the initial thoughts behind

starting QI Spine Clinic in 2011? Did you

think of having a chain of clinics, right at

the inception?

We started working with patients with back

pain in 2011 from a clinic at Churchgate in

Mumbai. We did not have the branding of

‘QI Spine Clinic’ then. Many of our patients

at that centre had been advised spinal

surgery for severe back pain and had come

to us for a second opinion. This was exactly

the plight that my brother, Nithiij, who is

Bye-Bye

Back Pain