Devotee Care : Conversation with the team of Doctors

Описание: 1. Dr. Sanjiv Agarwal (Sundarananda Das) is a Consultant Urologist, Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St.Mary's Hospitals, at the Imperial College NHS Trust in London UK. He is honorary senior Lecturer Imperial college school of medicine in UK. He is a trustee at the Bhaktivedanta manor ISKCON temple in Watford (London) UK. He is involved in various management roles in and outside ISKCON. He is a practicing consultant urologist in NHS.

2. Dr. Ajay Sankhe (Madhavananda Das) has passed his M.D. in Paediatrics from Mumbai University in the year 1989. For more than 25 years, he is in clinical practice and is renowned as a well-known Paediatrician in the North region of Mumbai and Thane.
He is the Director of Bhaktivedanta Hospital and Research Institute which is a 200 bedded tertiary care centre at Mira road. He is also the Director of 6 more units of Bhaktivedanta Hospital located in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

Bhaktivedanta Group of hospital is known for its quality medical care with added spiritual component. Under his leadership the hospital has collectively performed more than forty thousand free surgeries for poor patients.

The hospital has received a Worldwide Achievers Health care excellence summit award in 2015 for “Best multispeciality Hospital in Maharashtra for Innovation and Research” at the hands of Hon. Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan.

Dr. Ajay Sankhe has been recognized for his commitment to social upliftment and has received many awards, in particular he has received the Rashtriya Udyog Ratan award in 2013 given by National Organisation for Commerce and Industry.

The Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi government hospital in Bhayander (west) is operating a 20-bed ICU. Which is also a Taking care of 200 Covid patients. Dr Ajay Sankhe, led this task to set up it in record 15 days’ time.

3. Dr. Prasanna Tadi (Prasannatma Das) is a board-certified Neurologist. He completed Neurology Residency at Brown University one of the IVY league school, and a Stroke Fellowship at UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, one of the best stroke programs in the world. He came in touch with Srila Prabhu pada books and ISKCON a few years ago and inspired by his instructions. He was initiated by His Holiness Bhakti Charu Maharaj.

As per his instructions for studying and sharing the knowledge of Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam, he organizes multiple Bhakti Vrikshas and conference calls to share this knowledge. He also created a Youtube channel - Serving the Lotus of feet of Srila Prabhupada. He dedicated this channel just to share the knowledge of Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam worldwide. So far people from 20 countries watch this channel regularly. Due to the inspiration of Srila Prabhupada, as he likes the scientific preaching a lot, Prasannatma Das is conducting multiple research projects in the USA, India, and multiple countries under the direction of senior Vaishnavas and Maharajs. These projects main aim is to show the world the benefits of the Bhakti process, Hare Krishna Maha-mantra, Gita, and other literature, so that more people get attracted to this divine process.

He is also one of the main organizers for Bhakti Vedanta medical retreats where the health care professionals meet yearly and can share their ideas of how to incorporate Bhakti into practice and research and to spread the glories of Maha mantra throughout the world.

4. Dr Chetna Kang (Citi-Shakti Devi Dasi) is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Radio Broadcaster who has been practicing Bhakti Yoga for 25 years. She runs mental health transformation workshops for many large international organisations such Goldman Sachs, Ernst & Young, Accenture, Barclays and the BBC.

Graduating from Imperial college as a Medical Doctor and then specialising in psychiatry, she brings together over 2 decades of experience in scientific advances in mental health with Vedic wisdom.

She is regularly featured in print media such as The Telegraph and The Independent and has appeared on BBC TV a number of times. Dr Kang is also regularly published in books and journals. She is passionate about raising awareness about mental health and reducing stigma; for 3 years she presented a weekly show on BBC radio on mental health. She continues to feature on Radio 4’s Today programme with Thought for the day and Beyond Belief and has had over 200 million listens.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist she is based in Harley Street, London and Nightingale Hospital near the famous Abbey Road studios, working with high profile celebrities and politicians. Dr Kang is on the Executive Committee for the Royal College of Psychiatrists Spirituality and Psychiatry SIG and was a finalist for the RCPsych’s public educator of the year award for 2 consecutive years.

5. Dr. Piyush Gupta (Prem Vilas Pr)