Basudeb Saha MD is a professional trauma surgeon who cares deeply about his patients, and is not afraid to go above and beyond the call of duty to meet their need. This is why he chose the school AIIMS, as they are focused on patient care as well, something best described by their website, which states, “AIIMS strives hard to make world class clinical care available to millions of underprivileged citizens of India and neighboring countries. While its magnificent buildings and hi-tech facilities may create a superficial image of elitism, a visit to AIIMS is enough to dispel any such illusion

Its corridors are thronged by patients, most of them too poor to afford quality treatment elsewhere. They come here with high hopes because of the reputation which AIIMS as built up. AIIMS is at present, not a single hospital but a conglomerate of facilities .It has over 1500 spread over the main hospital, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic sciences, Cardiothoracic Centre, Neurosciences Centre, Institute Rotary Centre Hospital and De-addiction Centre. This complex of facilities caters to about 1.5 million outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year .The number of surgical operations performed at AIIMS last year was over 100,000.”

Basudeb Saha MD says that patient care has always been a primary concern of him, something instilled by his old school, AIIMS. AIIMS dedication to patients is described by their website, which says, “The strength of AIIMS lies not in numbers, but in availability under one roof of the best team of medical and surgical experts, state-of-the-art equipment, and our capacity to rise to the occasion to meet diagnostic or public health challenges. Be it the autoanalyser or the linear accelerator, magnetic resonance imaging or the gamma knife, AIIMS has them all.

Once something new arrives on the scene, someone, somewhere in the Institute takes the initiative and musters the energy and drive required to get it. Among the areas pioneered by AIIMS are cardiac catheterization, heart valve surgery, porto-caval surgery, neonatal surgery, joint replacement, cochlear implant and multi organ transplants (cornea, kidney, bone marrow, heart and liver).Our results in sophisticated medical and surgical care are among the best in the world. The most satisfying aspect of this endeavour is that these cutting- edge modalities are being actually used for is that poor. ”

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