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Jun 11, 2006

"Never take a path that has no heart in it. You can't lose if your heart is in your work, but you can't win if your heart is not in it." -- Carlos Casteneda

Mother Teresa's Personal Surgeon

Mother Teresa handpicked him to be her personal surgeon. Today, Dr. Devi Shetty is perhaps the most compassionate, committed and charistmatic thing that has happened to cardiac surgery in the last century. He runs the world's second most productive heart hospital where children under 12 are treated for free and other patients pay whatever they can. Dr. Shetty has delivered high quality cardiac care affordable to the common man but the story is far from over. Now, he's out to setup health insurance for the poorest of poor in India and already his efforts have yielded spectacular results.

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How do you find a path with heart? Read Dr Shetty's moving answer in "Letter to 4000 Children With A Scar On The Chest" written the year he completed his 4000th pediatric heart surgery! More ...



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