BREAKING NEW GROUND

The journey forward took Shetty to his native state of Karnataka, where in 2001 he founded an organization called Narayana Hrudayalaya (NH)—which in Sanskrit means “God's compassionate home”—and initiated a series of innovations in medical care. NH (www.hrudayalaya.com) now encompasses a growing stream of endeavors that include hospitals, telemedicine hubs, and a health insurance program. The operation spans locations in India as well as Bangladesh, Malaysia, Mauritius, Tanzania, and Kenya.

In the years since it was founded, NH has completed about ten thousand heart surgeries, half of them on children. The main facility, with five hundred beds, averages twenty-five surgeries a day. Among the NH staff are approximately ninety ...

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