Dr. B. Raman Rao is a consultant physician and cardiologist practicing in Bangalore. He is famous for operating a free rural clinic in T Begur village near Bengaluru.
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Rao was born on Friday, 31 August 1951 (age 68 years; as in 2019) in Hyderabad. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He completed his schooling from St. Joseph’s Indian High School. He attended Kasturba Medical College and Bangalore Medical College in Manipal for his MBBS and MD degrees (Medicine and Cardiology) respectively. Later, they also adopted FAGE, FICA and FAIID.
Family, Caste and Wife
He belongs to a South Indian family. His father’s name is BS Rama Rao and mother’s name is Shakuntala Rao. His parents are from West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
He is married to Hema Rao and has two sons – Charit Bhograj and Abhijeet Bhograj. Charit is a cardiologist and Abhijeet is an endocrinologist.
Dr. B. Raman Rao and his wife
Dr. B. Raman Rao’s sons- Charit and Abhijeet
livelihood
On 15 August 1973, Rao’s father started a clinic for him. His clinic is located in T. Begur (a rural area), 35 km from Bangalore (Bangalore-Pune National Highway).
Dr. B. An old picture of Raman Rao’s clinic
He visits his clinic every Sunday and organizes free check-up camps there. He provides free medicines and food to the patients. He works with an efficient team including his wife and two sons.
Dr. B. Raman Rao with his patient
His clinic is considered one of the longest running free clinics in the world. Since 1973, he has treated approximately 1.4 million patients and has been running this clinic for over 44 years.
Dr. B. Raman Rao with his wife
Controversy
Dr. B. Raman Rao had filed a case against Hemant Kashyap, who worked in Kannada news channel Public TV, for blackmailing him to give money. 50 lakhs. Hemant threatened her to leak her private videos on a TV channel. He had extorted money. He was demanding Rs 5 lakh and more money from Dr. Rao.
Hemant Kumar- Journalist
Awards and Honors
- Dr. Abdul Kalam National Award: Rural Medical Service (2008)
- Padma Shri: For contribution to the field of medicine (2010)
Address
Clinic: 94/H, 9th Cross, 13th Main, Rajmahal Vilas Extension, Landmark: Near Sadashivnagar Low-Level Park, Bangalore
Signature
Dr. B. Raman Rao’s signature
Favourite Things
- Cuisine: South Indian Cuisine
fact
- His clinic is considered one of the longest running free clinics in the world.
Dr. B. Raman Rao in his clinic
- He has distributed free books and uniforms to fifty schools in the surrounding villages.
- With the help of his team, he built 697 toilets in Begur village.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJAa0GdEqM
- In 1984 he treated Amitabh Bachchan as he was suffering from a serious illness.
- On receiving the Padmashree award, he said-
I feel like I have received appreciation from Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru and indeed all our forefathers who built modern India. It is a recognition of the need to serve those in need. It inspires me to do more. I want more people to get involved and make the lives of many people better.”
- Rao and his wife appeared in the special ‘Karmaveer’ episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 11 in September 2019.
Dr. Raman Rao and Hema Rao on KBC 11
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