Devi Shetty
Devi Prasad Shetty | |
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Sub-specialties | Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery |
Awards | Padma Bhushan (2012) Schwab Foundation's (2005) Dr. B. C. Roy Award (2003) Rajyotsava award (2002) Karnataka Ratna (2001) |
Devi Prasad Shetty (born 8 May 1953) is an Indian
Early life and education
Shetty was born in Kinnigoli, a village in the Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. The eighth of nine children, he decided to become a heart surgeon when he was a school student after hearing about Christiaan Barnard, a South African surgeon who had just performed the world's first heart transplant.[7]
Shetty was educated at St. Aloysius School, Mangaluru.[8] He completed his MBBS in 1979,[9] and post-graduate work in General Surgery from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.[10] Later he completed FRCS from Royal College of Surgeons, England.[11]
Career
He returned to India in 1989 and initially worked at B.M. Birla Hospital in Kolkata. He successfully performed the first neonatal heart surgery in the country in 1992, on a 21-day-old baby Ronnie.[12] In Kolkata he operated on Mother Teresa after she had a heart attack, and subsequently served as her personal physician.[1] In 2001, Shetty founded
In August 2012 Shetty announced an agreement with TriMedx, a subsidiary of
Shetty also founded
Low cost health care
Shetty aims for his hospitals to use
Shetty and his family have a 75 percent stake in Narayana Hrudayalaya which he plans to preserve.[17] Shetty has also pioneered low-cost diagnostic services.[21] He was appointed as chairman of the COVID-19 task force in Karnataka which was criticized by global health doctors as being a cardiac surgeon, he did not have the epidemiological approach to COVID-19 management.[22]
Yeshasvini
Yeshasvini is a low-cost health insurance scheme, designed by Shetty and the Government of Karnataka for the poor farmers of the state, with 4 million people currently covered.[4]
Awards and recognition
- Padma Bhushan Award for Medicine, in 2012[23]
- Karnataka Ratna Award, in 2001 [24]
- Entrepreneur of the Year at ET awards, in 2012[13]
- 2011 The Economist Innovation Award in Business Process[25]
- Honorary degree, University of Minnesota, in 2011 [26]
- Honorary degree, ‘Honoris Causa’ Degree of ‘Doctor of Science’ by Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in 2014 [27]
- Schwab Foundation Award, in 2005[28]
- Padma Shri Award for Medicine, in 2004[29]
- Dr. B C Roy Award, in 2003[citation needed]
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award, in 2003[30]
- Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur Of The Year – Life Sciences, in 2012[31]
- Ernst & Young, Entrepreneur of the Year – Start-up, in 2003[31]
- Rajyotsava Award, in 2002 [32]
- Indian Of The Year (Public Sector) by CNN-IBN, in 2012[33]
Television
Shetty stars in the fourth (and last) episode of Netflix's docuseries The Surgeon's Cut, which was released globally on 9 December 2020. The episode follows Shetty's treatment of patients, mostly children and babies, prioritizing low-cost and affordable healthcare while performing with his team more than thirty surgeries a day.[34]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty". MSN India. Retrieved 5 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Credihealth profile". Credihealth.com. 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Gokhale, Ketaki (28 July 2013). "Heart Surgery in India for $1,583 Costs $106,385 in U.S." Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b "First break all the rules". The Economist. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Padma Awards". pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "The Henry ford of heart surgery". The Wall Street Journal. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Martina, Mala (22 October 2017). "Notable alumni: This Mangaluru College minted bigwigs like KV Kamath, VG Siddhartha & KL Rahul". The Economic Times.
- ^ "Gazette of India" (452). Government of India, Directorate of Printing. 3 January 1981.
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(help) - ^ Chengappa, Raj (26 December 2020). "When I did a 100 heart operations in 1989, I knew it was possible to start a revolution in cardiac surgery: Dr Devi Shetty". India Today. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Brief Profile - Devi Prasad Shetty
- ^ Anand, Geeta (25 November 2009). "The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
- ^ a b c "ET Awards 2012". Economic Times. 19 September 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Devi Shetty to leverage frugal engineering for medical fraternity". Business Standard. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ "Narayana Hrudayalaya, Gujarat join hands for health city project". Thehindubusinessline.in. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery". The Wall Street Journal. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ a b "We will prove the poor can access healthcare: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya". Economic Times. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Rai, Saritha. "Devi Shetty, Who Put Heart Surgeries Within Reach Of India's Poor, Is Taking Narayana Chain Public". Forbes. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ "India's Philanthropist-Surgeon Delivers Cardiac Care Henry Ford-Style". NPR.org. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Who is Devi Shetty, head of Karnataka’s Covid task force?
- ^ "Narayana Health, Cisco join hands to offer affordable diagnostics solution". Newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ "As Covid fourth wave fears loom, here's what India's renowned surgeon has to say". WION. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Padma Bhushan to Dr. Shetty". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ . Karnataka.gov.in. 19 January 2022 https://www.karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State%20Awards/Karnataka+Ratna/en. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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(help) - ^ "Business Process award winner 2011". The Economist. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Devi Prasad Shetty | University Awards & Honors".
- ^ "Devi Shetty Conferred Doctorate by IIT, Madras". 20 July 2014.
- ^ "'Social enterprises' rise in Asia amid skepticism". Nikkei Asian Review. Tomomi Kikuchi. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Devi Shetty hails NMC bill, says it's a good move by govt". The Indian Express. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Sir M.V Awardees". 9 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 program - Past winners". Ernst & Young. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Rajyotsava awards for Nilekani, Kasarvalli, Devi Shetty | Bengaluru News - Times of India". The Times of India. 29 October 2002.
- ^ "Devi Shetty named Indian of the Year in Public Service category". 12 December 2012.
- ^ BBC News "The Surgeon's Cut"