A VISIONARY WITH A MISSION

Every human being under the sun is born with a heart,

Beating day in and day out, only to serve his own life,

Nobility is the one that does beat for others heart,

Young or old, men or women who ail and in strife.

 

First batch of doctors, streaming out from the capital, 

Surgical skills learnt from books and a foreign mission,

Forfeited foreign research, craving for the mother land,

He is one such, the result, a pioneer cardiac surgeon.

 

Godfather, wasn’t he, for the renowned cardiac center,

Yearning so long, for one such in the state capital,

His peerless research, a dozen years of hard work,

For an Indigenous cardiac valve for the poor, so vital.

 

An apostle for low cost valves for the poor masses,

Painstaking efforts, bore the fruits, a famous deed,

A dedication indeed, for the patients in distress,

Thousands of  hearts, now beating with glee indeed.

 

Vascular grafts, infusion bags are his innovative best,

Lived for the common man to serve the very best,

Ventured in alien system of medicine with interest,

Ayurveda  blessed with his vision, in  true earnest

 

A king, engineered surgical skills for the impoverished,   

Strode as a colossus shining brightly in cardiac horizon,

Padma Awards adds  the crowns to the great visionary,

A Nonagenarian heart finally decided to beat its last.

 

His entire life in short, is an institution with a mission,

Eternal lesson, skills and science can combine to excel,

Leaving this world with footprints in the sands of time,

To follow and nurture them for a healthy tomorrow.