Doctor ready to build hospital in India
(from The Fayetteville Observer, by Jennifer Calhoun)
"When he was 22, Dr. Ashok Jain decided he wanted to build a hospital.
That's right. A hospital.
But Jain, who now owns three pediatric clinics in Fayetteville, knew his dream would have to wait until he had a little more experience. After all, he had just graduated from medical school and was hardly qualified to run a hospital, let alone start one from scratch.
So Jain waited. In the meantime, the native of India moved to the U.S. for "education, experience, exposure and money."
In 2001, he began working for Cape Fear Valley Health System. A little more than two years later, he opened his own pediatric clinic in Hope Mills.
His first week in business, Jain had three employees and five patients. Today, he has 33 employees and saw 21,000 patients last year.
And now, at 38 years old, Jain says he's ready to build that hospital..."
