Born on 7th August in a highly orthodox, spiritual, and education- oriented family as an elder daughter. She is an intelligent, bold, multi- talented, and responsible kid. She has always been outstanding in the domain of academics. Apart from that, she has actively participated and won numerous prizes in all sorts of competitions since her school days. From childhood, she has been an ardent follower of the ideologies of Swami Vivekananda and his golden teaching “Arise, Awake, and Stop not till your goal is reached”.

Swarnalatha Arunachalam always dreamt of being a Doctor to serve in society during her schooling in Tuticorin. However, her. mathematical and analytical skills had driven her into the Engineering stream. After completing her degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering, She worked in the software field for a few years. She then switched her career to teaching.

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Fulfilling Her Heart’s Wishes

Swarnalatha shares, “Actually, I just wanted to become a doctor. However, my mathematical mind played the magic in my life. So I have become an engineer. Even though I am passionate about mathematics, my dream had always been to be a doctor.”

Then came the universal force in the form of destiny calling her heart, as she married Dr Arunachalam Esakkiappan, a cardiologist who used to visit various places for his practice. She began supporting him and going with him for her research projects.

She informs, “Since I have more inclination and faith in the healthcare industry, I have completed my PhD in Faulty of Electrical Engineering, Anna University in Healthcare Engineering domain.”

Also, since her husband is a cardiac professional, Swarnalatha can relate more with the medical space–with the biomedical engineering field and image processing being her key areas.

A Brilliant Mind of Multiple Talents

Two things can change one: Two things can change one’s life. One is education, and the other is health. Both are eyes to people and society. And eventually, for the country. Swarnalatha adds, “I want to be in such kind of industry. So that’s why in my early career, even though I worked in software, I switched over to the education field. Later my husband being a doctor, I entered into the healthcare domain. My research work is also in the Biomedical field.”

Rising Sun of the Aruna Cardiac Care

Swarnalatha, along with her husband, Dr Arunachalam, came in 2011-12 to Tirunelveli and started an outpatient department clinic, Aruna Cardiac Care. In ten years, they are able to make it out as 60 bedded Hospital under the company Arunas Heart Care Pvt Ltd.

Even though the name holds Cardiac Care, Arunas Heart Care Pvt Ltd evolved from Cardiac speciality to Multispeciality. And now they are operating as a multispecialty hospital, with all kinds of services and healthcare solutions for all categories of people. The hospital is fully equipped with a common ward, private ward, semi-private ward, and suit room to cater to all categories of people.

It offers healthcare services for a wide range of patients, including super-speciality services. It is one of the most Cardiac Excellence Hospitals in the south with a high-end state-of-the-art Cath lab Facility ‘GE INNOVA FLAT PANEL’ and the first state-of-the-art Laminar Flow modular twin operating rooms and CABG theatre incomparable with good quality care in Tirunelveli.

A Compassionate Heart of Sociopreneur

In social life, she works with various organizations. She belongs to the Inner Wheel club of Tirunelveli and holds the post of District Secretary, Inner Wheel District 321, Inner Wheel, an International Women’s Organization with a mission of friendship and service. She is also a Charter President of the Rotary club in Tirunelveli Porunai first all-women Rotary in Tirunelveli District. And She is the Co-founder of Annai Nivedita Aranerip Panpattu Maiyum, which insists on Ethics and Dharma to the young mind also works for women doing work, practising their own culture and transforming that culture to the next generation. She also holds the post of Secretary in the District Consumer Forum.

Ethical Transparency of the Healthcare Professional

Talking about the professional values and the qualities of their mission, Swarnalatha says that they believe in the perfectly ethical practice of healthcare. Their own output from patients’ feedback shows that people demand ethical healthcare practices, “Which is the need of the hour for our society.” Thus, keeping people’s faith in the healthcare providers intact, at Aruna Cardiac Care, they are all in for ethical practices.

Swarnalatha states, “The dream of the project antedates to the time of our marriage when we decided to have the LOGO of our clinic in 2002 as ‘Serve Man Serve God’ with two shaking hands symbolizing the Heart shape. Our logo incorporates our mission: ‘Serving humanity with a homely touch and ethical way.’ Our institution is designed so that the people should feel as if they were in their homes. Hence, our tagline is ‘The Doctor Next Door.”

Ultimately Satisfied Patients Care

Revealing the USPs of Arunas Cardiac Centre, Swarnalatha says that they have a very homely, healthy environment and with people who already received treatment in their hospital gave very positive feedback. They felt it was a resort-like environment, and the nursing staff care was exemplary. “And here, our staff is always happy, and they treat patients with a human feel, not in a machinist or robotic way,” says Swarnalatha. Moreover, the centre is situated in the city’s heart in a calm and quiet atmosphere.

Organic Health-Tech Solutions

Being an experienced leader, Swarnalatha says she has a very high opinion of modern technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning’s (ML) positive impact on the healthcare industry.

Passionately Driving Wisdom

Swarnalatha’s advice to aspiring entrepreneurs, and doctors trying to enter the healthcare industry, especially in cardiac care, is significantly optimistic. She says that the healthcare industry, nowadays, is a very booming industry. Although they at Aruna Cardia Care never think about the return on investment, passion and focused work in the healthcare industry will result in profitable returns.

Based on their own practice, she advises that whatever the things you do, you have to have a passion for serving. Then that drive makes you completely focused. And your passion and complete focus make everyone support you.

And that’s a miracle when it takes you to a very consistent position, not only healthcare industry but in any industry. This point of view culminates in a successful business atmosphere.

Holistic Heart Care Future

Sharing her plans, Swarnalatha says that Aruna Cardiac Care will further extend its services to more geographical areas in holistic healthcare services with the highest quality healthcare delivery ecosystem to improve the country’s overall health and quality of life. She says, “Our promise to deliver such an eco-system does not focus on providing good medical equipment and facilities, but also on staffing our hospital with internationally accredited, highly skilled and qualified doctors to match international standards.”