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Dr. B Ramana Rao (MBBS, MD)
Dr. B Ramana Rao is an eminent physician
and cardiologist, who established the Village
Clinic in the village of T Begur, near Bengaluru
in 1973 providing free medical consultation
and treatment every Sunday. The Clinic has
been functioning uninterruptedly ever since,
making it the oldest and longest running free
clinic in the world.
Dr. Rao was born in 1951 and completed
his MBBS in 1973 from Kasturba Medical
College, Manipal, soon after which he started
his Clinic. In 1980, he completed his MD
in Internal Medicine and Cardiology from
Bangalore Medical College.
Dr. Rao believes that making high quality
basic healthcare available to the needy can
successfully prevent the advent and spread of
disease. It is this philosophy that is practiced in
his Village Clinic, which has benetted more
than two million people till date.
A visionary philanthropist, Dr. Rao has also
spearheaded other initiatives in T Begur
and its neighbouring villages to improve
their standards of living. These include
building toilets, creating water supply systems,
installing streetlights and providing essential
supplies to schools.
Dr. Rao’s services and contributions have won
him several awards including the Padma Shri
and the Karnataka Rajyothsava Award.
THE BULLETIN OF ROTARY BANGALORE MIDTOWN
THE BULLETIN OF ROTARY BANGALORE MIDTOWN
Special Issue No.11
Date: 23 June 2019
2019
Presented to Dr. B Ramana Rao
Padma Shri Awardee, Eminent Physician and Cardiologist
On being conferred the
Prestige Group & Rotary Bangalore Midtown
2019
CITATION
On Sunday 23rd June, 2019 at Conrad, Bengaluru
Irfan Razack
Chairman & Managing Director
Prestige Group
Rtn. Dr. Kshama Bhatia
President
Rotary Bangalore Midtown
Cheif Guest Prole
Sri Devaragunda
Venkappa Sadananda
Gowda, the 26th
Chief Minister of
Karnataka, was born
in 1953.He graduated
in Science from St.
Philomena College,
Puttur and then went
on to obtain his degree in law at Udupi Vaikunta
Baliga College of Law. He was elected as the
General Secretary of the Students Union of the
Law College. Subsequently, he became the District
General Secretary of the ABVP, the student’s wing
of the BJP. He rst came into national prominence
in May 2008 when he, as the president of the state
unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, was one of the key
players in the historic victory of BJP, South of the
Vindhyas.
He has served in various committees of the State
Legislature including the Cell for preparing a draft
bill on Prohibiting Atrocities on Women, Karnataka
in 1995-1996. In the year 2001-2002, he was on the
Committee of Energy, Fuel and Power. He was also
nominated as the President of the Public Accounts
Committee in 2003.
In parliament, he has been on the Committee on
Science & Technology, Environment & Forests and
the Committee on Commerce.
His interests in sports range from Badminton to
Tennis. He is also an avid promoter of Yakshagana
and other Dakshin Karnataka folk art.
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Doctor, these profound words from the Bhagavad Gita, describe in a
nutshell your whole life’s work.
In a world, where everything comes at a price, you provide free treatment.
In a world, where medicines are just products to be sold, you give the gift
of good health.
In a world, where hospitals work towards attaining business goals, you
sustain the original aim of the physician – to heal.
Dr. B Ramana Rao, in a world where the barometer of success is the
amount of accumulated material wealth, you stand tall as a symbol of the
triumph of seless service.
Your journey of giving began in 1973, right after you graduated from
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal. At a juncture in their lives when
most fresh medical graduates would have been planning their careers,
future specializations and private practice, you chose to establish a
Village Clinic in your village of T Begur to treat patients FREE of Cost.
You ttingly chose August 15th, our nation’s Independence Day, to
open your Clinic, as it frees needy patients from the monetary burden of
meeting rising healthcare costs.
From that moment, till today, 46 years later, your Village Clinic has
treated patients every Sunday, without a break, thus achieving the
distinction of being the world’s oldest and longest running Free Clinic.
While unfailingly devoting your every Sunday to the Clinic, you did not
lose sight of the need to grow professionally, and completed your MD
in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in 1980 from Bangalore Medical
College. Since then your ascent to pre-eminence has been meteoric. You
became a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Diabetology, a Fellow of the
International College of Angiology, a Fellow of the Academy of General
Education, Manipal, and a Fellow of the Society of Electro-Cardiology,
while also being life member of the Association of Physicians of India,
the Association of Medical Specialities and the Cardiological Society of
India. You are a sought after speaker in medical conferences and have
published several articles in national and international magazines and
journals. However, all the professional acclaim that has come your way
over the years did nothing to change your essential self. To the people of
T Begur, you remained the same friendly neighbourhood doctor whom
they could count onto keep them in good health.
Your Village Clinic is an exemplar of the true ethos of medical practice,
and how the provision of basic healthcare can prevent the advent and
spread of disease.
Your patients are not only diagnosed and advised of their ailments but
also given necessary medications, procedures such as nebulization,
and even fresh hot meals, completely free of cost. More than a hundred
patients undergo free cataract surgeries, every month, regaining the
precious gift of sight.
The long queue of a thousand and more that builds up overnight every
Sunday outside your Clinic bears clear testimony to the abiding faith
and trust that you have earned from your patients, not to speak of
their abundant love and affection. No amount of nancial or material
remuneration can compare with this and, in that, you are truly blessed
and deservedly so.
Over the last four and a half decades, more than two million underserved
patients have gained good health thanks to your Village Clinic.
What is even more laudable is that you were able to inspire your entire
family to follow in your footsteps and be co-travellers in your journey
of giving. Your two sons Dr. Charit and Dr. Abhijit, daughters in law
Dr. Shanthini Vijaysuriyar and Mrs. Jahnavi Bhograj, are part of the
dedicated team that works with you at your Clinic. Your wife, Hema, of
course, has always been by your side as a staunch pillar of support.
Your philanthropy does not end at providing free treatment to the poor.
The 350 villages in the vicinity of T. Begur have benetted tremendously
in various ways thanks to your many initiatives.
You have built around 700 toilets in and around Begur for those who live
below the poverty line, and provided them with soaps and toothpaste to
enable them to practice better personal hygiene habits.
You have adopted 50 village schools where you provide free uniforms,
books and furniture.
You have taken much-needed measures to ameliorate water supply in
the region, by having borewells dug and interlinked to meet the needs of
sixteen villages.
You have had streetlights installed in two villages.
You started a ‘Walk with Dignity’ programme, under which you provide
senior citizens with sturdy aluminium walking sticks.
The list of the ways in you make a positive difference to people’s lives
is long, and more than can be accommodated in this citation. The fore-
mentioned instances, we trust, will serve to provide a glimpse of what lies
beneath the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Dr. Rao, you are the living example of why the practice of medicine has
always been called a ‘noble profession’. You are a legend in your own
right and an inspiration to every young and aspiring medical professional.
Your work has been recognized in several ways. Among the many awards
that have been bestowed upon you are the Padma Shri in 2010, which
made you the ninth Physician in Karnataka to receive the honour; and
the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, the highest State Honour, in the eld
of Medicine.
Your selessness instills in us a deep sense of awe, pride and joy. And it
is with a great sense of honour and humility that we confer upon you the
Citizen Extraordinaire Award for being a great son of the city, who is yet
its most humble citizen.
Previous Awardees
2002
Sri S. M. Krishna
Chief Minister, Karnataka
2003
Sri Jayakar Jerome
Commissioner, BDA
2004
Smt. Swati &
Sri Ramesh Ramanathan
Janaagraha
2005
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Narayana Hrudayalaya
2006
Sri N. R. Narayana Murthy
Chairman & Chief Mentor
- Infosys Technologies Limited
2007
Sri H. D. Kumaraswamy
Chief Minister - Karnataka
2008
Sri Upendra Tripathy, IAS
Managing Director
- Bangalore Metropolitan
Transport Corporation
2010
Sri Nandan Nilekani
Chairman - Unique
Identication
Authority of India (UIDAI).
2011
Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Chairperson, Biocon.
2012
Sri. Sri. Ravi Shankar
Spiritual Leader & Founder
- Art of Living.
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Padma Shri Awardee, Senior Physician and
Cardiologist renowned for his ‘Free Village Clinic’
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty,
but you are not entitled to the fruits of action
Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities,
and never be attached to not doing your duty.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भुर्मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
All images shot at location
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My Dear Rotarians and
Midtowners
“The fruit of faith is love,
the fruit of love is service,
the fruit of service is
peace” – Mother Teresa.
As Rotarians -we build
communities, eradicate
polio, cure diseases,
pump water, bridge
continents, build young
minds, promote peace,
bring hope - we serve
above self! We are truthful, fair, build goodwill and
friendships and do what is benecial to all!
We do all of this by connecting our personal and
professional journeys to society and service. As we
walk this path, we encounter extraordinary people,
who serve as our beacons with their exemplary lives.
The Rotary, through Vocational Service Awards
recognizes these outstanding people for their
contribution in their chosen professional eld. At
Rotary Bangalore Midtown, we recognize the Citizen
Extraordinaire who makes a difference to Bangalore
and is a source of inspiration to us all.
This year, we are humbled by the opportunity to
recognize the noble efforts of Dr. Ramana Rao,
Recipient of Padmashri Award in 2010 for yeoman
service to the rural poor in the Medical eld in the
august presence of Shri Jayakar Jerome, IAS credited
with resurrecting the Bangalore Development
Authority as its Chief and taking up a slew of
infrastructure projects in Bangalore City in the face
of incredible rapid urbanization.
Together these gentlemen have been guiding lights
showing us the way to both Rural and Urban
Development.
Dr. Kshama Bhatia
President 2018-19
Rotary Bangalore Midtown
RI District 3190
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Rotary Bangalore Midtown is 41st years old. Blessed with
a strength of 104 members, Midtown is proud to have some
of the most successful and benevolent members who are
stalwarts not only in their professions and businesses, but
also passionately committed to serve and give back to
society through Rotary.
Flagship Project Launch: This year, we have adopted
a major new initiative to regreen our beautiful city with
Urban Forest plantations and bring about a signicant and
measurable impact to the environment of the City. We
have successfully completed 2 such forests in the city and
have signed on two more projects in a matter of one year.
Community Services Director, Punit Jalan, eco Committtee
Chairman PP Rtn.G. . Bhaskar and Rtn. Bimal Desai have
worked tirelessly with their team to make this dream a
reality.
Rotary Ashirvad BMCRI Skin Bank at Victoria Hospital:
We sponsored this Skin Bank three years ago. This month,
our Community Services Director, Rtn. Punit Jalan , Hon.
Secretary Rtn. Abdul G Sait and Vocational Services
Director Rtn. Namrata Bhatia, along with several dedicated
Midtowners organised a massive Walkathon where we
reached out to 1.5 crore people to bring about awareness
of skin donation. Over 5000 people from all walks of life
participated in this Walkathon and committed to donate
skin upon their demise.
“The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself in the
service of others”
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Health Initiatives: Project Manasi: Our long term project Manaasi,
which focusses on the Mental Health of Rural Women, is internationally
recognized as an outstanding initiative. More than 2500 patients receive
treatment annually along with a team of dedicated health workers and
doctors.
Gottigere Charitable Dispensary and HSIS Charitable Dispensary:
Midtown runs two charitable dispensaries which provide free consultation
and medicines to 78,158 patients this year
Blood Donation, Breast Cancer Screening and Polio Vaccination Camps:
We organized four blood donation camps collected more than 2000 units
of blood, sponsored three camps for breast cancer screening for 121
patients and participated in the District Polio Vaccination camp to over
4000 children
Heart Surgeries: We collected funds for 14 free heart surgeries
Disaster Relief: Collected funds to provide lasting relief to victims of
the oods in Kerala and Coorg by rebuilding four Anganwadis and one
schools.
Blanket distribution: An yearly initiative spearheaded by PP Rtn.
Nadeem Ahemad. This year we distributed 4500 blankets and backpacks
to slum dwellers and 780 orphan children
Education and Youth: We supported four government schools with
supplies and infrastructure assistance. We provided RO water unit, xed
toilets, provided free notebooks and supplies to more than 1200 students.
The students from these schools participated in the Rotafest and bagged
awards for their outstandin achievement in Art and Poetry competition.
RYLA: 250 students attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Award
training
Rotract Club of Marathahalli: Through our very active Rotract Club,
we support and train youngsters to serve society through several projects.
This year, they organized a football tournament, International yoga
day, a program called Anveshana for professional development, PUBG
Tournatment
International Yoga Day: Midtown participated in a drive bring about
awareness of Yoga through a free training session to more than 500 people.
At Rotary Bangalore Midtown, we contribute and give back actively
and generously.
Hon. Secretary
Abdul G. Sait
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