Main content

Dr Devi Shetty, Surgeon and Philanthropist

Devi Shetty is a top Indian heart surgeon with a big idea. He believes specialist healthcare should be available to the very poor of India just as much as the rich.

Devi Shetty is a top Indian heart surgeon with a big idea. He believes specialist healthcare should be available to the very poor of India just as much as the rich.

Ten years ago Dr Shetty founded a hospital in Bangalore in Southern India which charges people according to what they can afford.

The rich go for the very best surgery. The poor go there because they can.

Carrie Gracie asks him whether his model can really overturn healthcare provision.

Available now

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Jan 2011 04:32GMT
麻豆社 World Service Online

More episodes

Previous

Sir Michael Caine, Actor

Next

William Bratton, Police Chief

See all episodes from The Interview Archive

Broadcasts

  • Sat 15 Jan 2011 10:32GMT
    麻豆社 World Service Online
  • Sat 15 Jan 2011 19:32GMT
    麻豆社 World Service Online
  • Sun 16 Jan 2011 07:32GMT
    麻豆社 World Service Online
  • Sun 16 Jan 2011 14:32GMT
    麻豆社 World Service Online
  • Mon 17 Jan 2011 04:32GMT
    麻豆社 World Service Online

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project