Big Interview: Square Health's Dr Bippon Vinayak

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Fiona Murphy talks to Dr. Bippon Vinayak about why he launched Square Health, his plans for working with the protection industry, speeding up the screening process through IFAs and how his background in plastic surgery earned him the nickname 'the Rhinoplasty King.'

FM: Before we discuss Square Health, can you tell me about its parent company the Doctors Chambers group? BV: Doctors Chambers was formed by a group of five doctors working in Oxford back in 1994 and we formed a group that provided medical advice to solicitors on cases of criminal negligence, so we were acting a bit like barristers here, hence the name.  We thought we'd call ourselves Doctors Chambers, like a barrister's chambers would, and that was really what we did for the first year or so. The business grew gradually to deal with big court cases beyond criminal negligence. Also...

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