Tertiary Healthcare in Tier B and C towns Should have Affordable Accessible Healthcare Services
Posted by :
Sangeeta Singh
on | Aug 22,2014
Tertiary Healthcare
in Tier B and C towns Should have Affordable & Accessible Healthcare Services of Masses says “India’s
Most Admired Cardiologist” Dr. B. Somaraju of Care Hospitals Group Concerns
regarding ethics, medical negligence, commercialization of medicine, and
incompetence are key barriers of Healthcare Progress & to Encourage DNB and
other fellowship courses aggressively must have a universal appeal & the
career progression of the Nurses remain a key challenge - Dr. B. Somaraju - To many of the healthcare
professionals specially those young medical practitioners who are the future of Nation’s pride, the life
& achievement of the veteran Cardiologist Dr. B. Somaraju of Care
Hospitals Group will be a great source of inspiration as the noted & humble founder of the Care
Hospitals CMD Dr. B. Somaraju India’s Most Eagerly Awaited &
Prestigious 5th Annual Indian Affair’s India Leadership Conclave
& Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014 ( www.ilc2014.in)
was voted & awarded for his remarkable contribution to the healthcare
services as “India’s Most Admired
Cardiologist” on Friday, 18th July at
Hotel Hilton Mumbai International Airport 2014 hosted by Network 7 Media
Group’s biggest media outfit Indian Affairs. More than 300 influential &
thought Leaders of the Country in business, politics, social, cinema, sports,
diplomats, media were present in full attendance to witness the historic
leadership Event at the ILC Power Brand 2014( www.ilcpowerbrand.com ). Legendary Bollywood Actor
Mr. Shakti Kapoor, Dr. Mukesh Batra, India's most-renowned homeopath & Padma
Shri Awardee & Mr Satya Brahma, Editor-In-Chief of Network 7 Media
Group presented the Awards to the
veteran Cardiologist Dr Somaraju. The prestigious & coveted Awards were
presented in a glittering award ceremony with a full house power packed
audience to felicitate & honour the Leaders who made india proud, each time
they performed in their field, Indian Affairs watched them closely & did
not let it pass as their name appeared as top contenders & were put to
public votings & were declared winner on the award night on Friday 18th
july 2014. Legendary Bollywood Actor Mr. Shakti Kapoor, Dr. Mukesh Batra,
India's most-renowned homeopath & Padma Shri Awardee & Mr Satya Brahma
presented the Awards to the successful Enterprises & Individuals in their
respective areas. Care
Hospitals draws its life-blood from the eminent personalities like Padmashri.
Dr. B. Somaraju who has spearheaded this movement called ‘CARE’. Prof. B.
Soma Raju, Cardiologist from Hyderabad has been providing dedicated
service to the people for over 30 years as Cardiologist, Researcher, Teacher
and Philanthropist. He has been involved in various research projects
during the last 20 years individually, in collaboration with American
Universities and the Defense Scientific Laboratories. The last association
culminated in the development of India’s first Coronary Stent, which has been
named the Kalam Raju Stent after Professor A.P.J Kalam and Dr. Raju. This stent
was first implanted in December 1996. The development of the stent resulted in
reducing the cost of stents in the country and brought it within the reach of
the people. In October 1998 the second research product of Dr. Raju’s endeavor,
India’s first Coronary Balloon Catheter was released. Dr. Raju and his team are
working on various medical devices which are used in Interventional Cardiology
with the aim of having an Indian alternative for most devices, reducing the
cost and making treatment affordable. Hailing from a small
agriculturist’s family, Dr B Somaraju is not only acclaimed today for
developing the indigenous Kalam-Raju stent (along with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam), he
is also well known for successfully
escalating his dream project’s worth from Rs 30 crore to Rs 300 crore in just a
decade. Born on 25 September, 1948,
Dr Raju did his MBBS and MD from Guntur Medical College, DM Cardiology from
PGIMER, Chandigarh and PhD (Hon Causa) from JNTU, Hyderabad. He worked as a
Registrar in Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, PGIMER and Chandigarh and
Registrar in Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh.