Renowned cardiac surgeon and Padmashri, Dr KM Cherian who is also the Founder and CEO of Frontier Lifeline Hospital was honoured recently with the BACTS award during an international conference held on June 19, 2014 at Dhaka. This award was bestowed upon Dr Cherian in recognition of his outstanding contribution for development of cardio thoracic surgery in Bangladesh. The award was presented by Minister for Health, Mohammed Nasim and Minister of Shipping, Shahjahan Khan in the presence of National Professor Brigadier Abdul Malik.
Dr Cherian said, “I am extremely happy and honoured to have been recognised for my contribution and infact this contribution has been achieved due to my team’s support. This award has further motivated my team of doctors and me to work harder to ensure best medical care for our patients. We will continue to discover breakthroughs in the field of cardiology that will benefit not just our patients but every patient in the world affected with heart diseases.”
Dr Cherian is a world renowned and distinguished cardiac surgeon in India. He has won innumerable awards and has lot of first’s to his credit, be it the first paediatric heart transplant in India, the first bilateral lung transplant, the first successful coronary artery graft in India, the first auto transplant or the first internal mammary artery graft in the country.
EH News Bureau