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People
 Renowned
physician Prof Dr BM Hegde (71) has recently been bestowed with Padma Bhushan.
He has done his MBBS from Madras, MD from Lucknow and then FRCP (London),
FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCP (Glasgow), FRCPI (Dublin) and FACC (USA). He was
trained in cardiology at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, under nobel
laureate Bernard Lown at the National Heart Hospital, The Middlesex Hospitals,
London under Late Walter Somerville and late Richard Emanuel. He has 45
years of experience in teaching undergraduates and post-graduates students.
He has been professor of medicine since 1973. He is also a PhD guide in
many universities.
Dr Hedge is the Chairman of State Health Society's
Expert Committee, Govt of Bihar, a visiting Professor of Cardiology, The
Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, Affiliate Professor
of Human Health, Northern Colorado University, Visiting Professor of Indian
Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla and retired Vice Chancellor of Manipal
University, Manipal. He has penned 35 books in English and Kannada published
289 research papers in Indian, British, American, German, and Kuwaiti
medical journals. Amongst his numerous awards are Dr BC Roy National Award
in the Category of eminent medical teacher and Karnataka Rajyothsava Award.
Asked about the significance of the award, he philosophises
"Life is not only to enjoy for oneself. Life has to be useful, compassionate,
to be ethical, and to be able to touch other's lives to let them live
well too. In that respect, I feel that the best service one could do to
society is to change herself/himself to be a better human being and to
give a good example to society, rather than preaching day in and day out.
As knowledge advances not by repeating known facts, but by refuting false
dogmas, we have to demolish many of the myths in society especially in
the areas of politics, economics, religious rituals and, medical care."
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 President
and Chancellor, Manipal University and Chairman of the Manipal Education
and Medical Group (MEMG), Dr Ramdas M Pai (74) has recently been nominated
as member of the National Integration Council reconstituted by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh.
The Council is a forum to review and deliberate
all issues relating to national integration and evolve effective strategies
to combat the evils of communalism, casteism, regionalism and separatism
and also issues related to social harmony. Union Home Minister P Chidambaram
has in a letter informed Dr Pai of the NIC decision to nominate him as
the member of the body, which comprises union ministers, chief ministers,
political leaders and representatives of national commissions, media persons,
businessmen, eminent public figures and others. A medical graduate of
Karnataka University and a postgraduate in Hospital Administration from
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, Dr Pai has been instrumental in
conceptualising, articulating and implementing the Global Delivery Model
of Education in Manipal. In the past, he was an Executive Committee Member
of the Medical Council of India and Member of the Dental council of India.
He was a member of the Core Group constituted by the Government of India
to report on the new initiatives on higher education.
"I am an Indian first and an Indian last,"
said Dr Pai on the nomination and conveyed his gratitude to the Centre
for the honour
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 Former
Medical Superintendent of Global Hospital and Health City, Chennai, Dr Sirangi
Ramesh Babu (50) has joined Chettinad Healthcity (CHC) as the CEO. Located
in Kanchipuram district, the 600-bed CHC is located around 30 kms from Chennai.
Dr Ramesh's career kick-started by doing private
practice in Ooty, after doing his MBBS from Stanley Medical College, Chennai
in 1984. Later, he joined Hindusthan Photo Films. He joined Meenakshi
Mission Hospital (MMH) in 1997.The next stop in 2001 was in 100-bed Apollo
Hospital, Erode in Tamil Nadu, followed by Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneshwar
as the CEO. This job provided him a life-time opportunity of turning around
the hospital. He increased the occupancy rate from 40 to 75 per cent in
a span of a year.
His next halt was at Saumya Hospital, Vijaywada as the
CEO and then at Vinayak hi-tech Hospital, Salem in 2004 as Executive Director.
"Vinayak Hospital was unable to commission its facility for many
years. Within three months, I appointed staff and opened the hospital
with 100 beds," he informs. At this point, he did M Phil in Hospital
& Health Systems Management at BITS, Pilani and soon re-joined Meenakshi
Mission Hospital as the Administrative Director. He left it to pursue
his long-cherished dream of setting up a 100-bed hospital in Ooty. When
the hospital project got stalled because of credit crunch, the fallout
of global recession, he joined Global Hospital, Chennai.
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