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Devi Prasad Shetty is a philanthropist and a world-renowned cardiac surgeon. A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, or reputation to a charitable cause. ... Cardiac surgery is surgery on the heart, typically to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (e. ...

Life and Career

He is originally from the erstwhile South Kanara District of Karnataka state in India (now divided into Mangalore and Udupi District). After completing his graduate degree in Medicine and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore(Karnataka state), he trained in cardiac surgery at Guys Hospital in the United Kingdom. He gained valuable experience in heart operations in the West Midlands rotation. He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata in Eastern India. After some time, he moved to Bangalore and started the Manipal Heart Foundation at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore. He has many patients and admirers in Bangladesh and from all over the world, especially Southern Asia. The Kanara or Canara (called Kannada in Karnataka) districts comprise three districts of Karnataka - North Kanara (Uttara Kannada) whose administrative headquarters is Karwar, Udupi, and South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada), whose administrative headquarters is Mangalore. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... , Mangalore(Kannada:ಮಂಗಳೂರು, Mangaluru; Tulu:ಕುಡ್ಲ, Kudla; Konkani:ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್, Kodial; Beary:ಮೈಕಲ, Maikala)   is the chief port city of the state of Karnataka, India. ... Udupi District in Karnataka was created in August 1997. ... Kasturba Medical College (KMC), is a medical college based in Manipal, Karnataka, India. ... , Mangalore(Kannada:ಮಂಗಳೂರು, Mangaluru; Tulu:ಕುಡ್ಲ, Kudla; Konkani:ಕೊಡಿಯಾಲ್, Kodial; Beary:ಮೈಕಲ, Maikala)   is the chief port city of the state of Karnataka, India. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... ,   (IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly, in English contexts,  ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... , Bangalore (proposed to be renamed Bengaluru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

Contributions

In 2002, Shetty founded Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH), a multi-specialty hospital in Bommasandra on the outskirts of Bangalore City (Karnataka state)in South India. Apart from cardiac surgery, NH also has cardiology, neurosurgery, pediatric surgery, haematology and transplant services, and nephrology. A state-of-the-art trauma service is also developing. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Bommasandra is a census town in Bangalore district in the state of Karnataka, India. ... A diagram of a heart with an ECG indicator; diagrams like this are used in Cardiology. ... Insertion of an electrode during neurosurgery for Parkinsons disease. ... Pediatric surgery (sometimes spelled paediatric surgery) is a subspecialty of surgery involving the surgery of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. ... Hematology is the branch of medicine that is concerned with blood and its disorders. ... An organ transplant is the transplantation of an organ (or part of one) from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipients damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor. ... Nephrology is the branch of internal medicine dealing with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney. ... In medicine, a trauma patient has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury resulting in secondary complications such as shock, respiratory failure and death. ...

Yashasvini

Yashasvini is possibly the world's cheapest comprehensive health insurance scheme, at Rs.5 (11 cents) per month, designed by Shetty and the Government of Karnataka for the poor farmers of the state. It is very well-utilized in Karnataka with millions of members. Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...

Awards and Recognition

• Schwab Foundation's award in 2005
• Padma Shri award for Medicine in 2004
• Dr. B C Roy award in 2003
• Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award in 2003
• Ernst & Young - Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2003
• Rajyotsava award in 2002
• Karnataka Ratna award in 2001

External links

• http://www.hrudayalaya.com/Pages/IndiaToday.htm
• http://www.hrudayalaya.com/Pages/NewScientist.htm
• http://www.virtualbangalore.com/Ppl/PplDrDevi.php
• http://www.bangalorebest.com/discoverbangalore/personalities/devishetty.asp
• http://www.domain-b.com/people/profiles/20030820_devi_prasad_shetty.html
• http://www.staloysius.ac.in/campus/alumni/devi_letter.htm