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DR.
FAROKH
UDWADIA
India’s most eminent Physician
Hailed as India’s most eminent
physician, Dr. Farokh Udwadia
combines extraordinary brilliance with
deep compassion. His amazing ability to
diagnose and cure the most baffling of
ailments is now legendary.
Enriched by decades of experience, he has
a remarkable mastery over his subject.
But what really sets him apart is the
humaneness he brings to his profession.
In a world where professionalism is
gauged by the level of one’s impersonal
attitude, he spends time listening to his
patients and their problems. That in itself are undoubtedly his monumental
is therapeutic.
Dr. Udwadia has the distinction of In recognition of this, he was awarded
pioneering critical care in India, the ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 1987 and the
especially, intensive respiratory care. In ‘Dhanvantari Award’ in 1996.
the last decade, he has set up a world-
class critical care unit at the Breach Candy
Hospital.
His major thrust as a Consultant
Cardiologist, and as the Doctor-in-charge
of the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital,
has been to make use of non-invasive
surgery and accelerate the rate of recovery
of patients. These, and the books he has
authored, replete with scholarly insights,
contributions to the field of Medicine and
to humanity.
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