Medicine is a passionate field. The practicing doctors need to have tremendous patience and a heart filled with compassion. Usually, you find most of the doctors having this quality. Dr. M L Saraf goes one step ahead in this matter. He takes extreme joy and satisfaction in serving the poor and the underprivileged. It is very difficult to find a doctor with this degree of compassion.
Dr. M L Saraf had a distinguished educational background in the sense that he stood first in every competitive examination he appeared in his life. This includes his school, college, as well as his medical career. In fact, he got the gold medal from every institute where he was a student. He is the first Indian in 60 years to get the Norman Roberts Prize for the best thesis during his stay at the University of Liverpool.
In addition to these academic awards he has won a host of others as well. They include a lot of awards from welfare organizations and even from the Rajasthan State Government. However, he considers the joy and satisfaction in the eyes of his patients as his biggest awards. His patients, especially the children, love and adore him tremendously. They see a divine incarnate in him.
When he was a student at the Seth G S Medical College, he did his internship from the KEM Hospital in Mumbai. He saw the plight of the poor people from the villages struggling with orthopedic problems such as polio. This strengthened his resolve to major in orthopedics. He had a burning desire to ease the problems of these children and villagers. This desire made him go to the UK and study orthopedic problems in pediatrics. His thesis won him great acclaim at the University of Liverpool. They offered him the chance to stay back in their country. He refused as he had some other plans in mind. He wanted to serve his motherland and take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
On his return to India, he pledged that he would devote his maximum time for the service of the poor. He enrolled at the same KEM Hospital and started treating the poor. Gradually, he started developing friendly relations with them. This made him realize their plight of travelling long distances from the outskirts of Mumbai to the heart of the city. Hence, he decided to conduct medical camps in their villages. Such camps could cater to the patients from the nearby villages as well. There was an issue of affordability of the medical treatment. The polio patients require calipers to strengthen their feet and provide balance to the body. These items were expensive. Hence, M L Saraf sought the assistance of his philanthropic friends from the rich society. He induced them to donate for good causes. Trusting his word, they started donating money thereby enabling him to arrange for the medical treatment for these underprivileged kids. Hence, he was nothing sort of a messiah for these poor villagers from the outskirts of Mumbai city.
Dr. M L Saraf had a distinguished educational background in the sense that he stood first in every competitive examination he appeared in his life. This includes his school, college, as well as his medical career. In fact, he got the gold medal from every institute where he was a student. He is the first Indian in 60 years to get the Norman Roberts Prize for the best thesis during his stay at the University of Liverpool.
In addition to these academic awards he has won a host of others as well. They include a lot of awards from welfare organizations and even from the Rajasthan State Government. However, he considers the joy and satisfaction in the eyes of his patients as his biggest awards. His patients, especially the children, love and adore him tremendously. They see a divine incarnate in him.
When he was a student at the Seth G S Medical College, he did his internship from the KEM Hospital in Mumbai. He saw the plight of the poor people from the villages struggling with orthopedic problems such as polio. This strengthened his resolve to major in orthopedics. He had a burning desire to ease the problems of these children and villagers. This desire made him go to the UK and study orthopedic problems in pediatrics. His thesis won him great acclaim at the University of Liverpool. They offered him the chance to stay back in their country. He refused as he had some other plans in mind. He wanted to serve his motherland and take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
On his return to India, he pledged that he would devote his maximum time for the service of the poor. He enrolled at the same KEM Hospital and started treating the poor. Gradually, he started developing friendly relations with them. This made him realize their plight of travelling long distances from the outskirts of Mumbai to the heart of the city. Hence, he decided to conduct medical camps in their villages. Such camps could cater to the patients from the nearby villages as well. There was an issue of affordability of the medical treatment. The polio patients require calipers to strengthen their feet and provide balance to the body. These items were expensive. Hence, M L Saraf sought the assistance of his philanthropic friends from the rich society. He induced them to donate for good causes. Trusting his word, they started donating money thereby enabling him to arrange for the medical treatment for these underprivileged kids. Hence, he was nothing sort of a messiah for these poor villagers from the outskirts of Mumbai city.
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