Health care is not new territory for Hero Enterprise chairman Sunil Munjal

Munjal said his company was the largest distributor of insurance policies and it wrote over 10 mn policies last year

For Sunil Kant Munjal, who has joined the race for acquisition of private hospital chain Fortis along with the Burmans, health care is not an uncharted territory. Munjal has been associated with a 1,500-bed hospital in Ludhiana for over a decade. The Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMCH) is run by a trust and Munjal serves as the president of this hospital. Besides, he owns a large general insurance distribution business that may find some synergy with his health care ambitions.

“I have a personal interest in health care from the social impact angle and I have been involved in health