the first clinic was inaugurated by the then finance minister manmohan singh dr batra spent about rs 10 lakh on marketing the clinic through direct mailing but ended up with just two patients but history was repeated again within a year the clinic was attracting patients in large numbers and by 1997 appointments for the following one year was running full the rush of patients and the waiting time combined with high real estate prices in mumbai prompted dr batra to look beyond mumbai mauritius and then bangalore followed in quick succession today he has a panindia presence as also clinics in dubai and london the mauritius unit had to be shut down dr batra says the dubai clinic is doing well but we are still finding our way in londons harley street where ours is the first homeo clinic in 2000 dr batra started a health products company and after a decade of struggle the unit has about 16 products and is beginning to show results another venture of his is targeted at meeting the demand for bodily aesthetics such as trichology mesotherapy and obesity management his patients have been his biggest supporters they have offered me suggestions about how to grow the business some have pointed out what i was doing wrong even my first corporate brochure was designed by a patient who was from lintas ad agency