| Dr. Sharan Shivraj Patil | |
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Chairman, SPARSH Hospital |
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| Born | April 13, 1965 Karnataka, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.S. (Orth), Mch (Orth), Liverpool |
| Occupation | Orthopaedic Doctor |
| Home town | Raichur |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Spouse | Meena Patil |
| Children | 2 Daughters |
| Parents | Dr. Justice Shivraj Patil Mrs.Annapurna Patil |
| Website | |
| http://www.sparshhospital.com | |
| Dr. Sharan Shivraj Patil | |
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| [[ Suvarna Kannada Rajyotsava Prashasthi Belli Chukki-2007 Winnova Vaidya Rathna Dr. P. S Shankar Vaidyashree Vishwa Manya Kannadiga Sadhana Rathna]] |
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Rajyotsava Award |
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| Presented by | Rameshwar Thakur Governor of Karnataka(2007-08) |
| Location | Ravindra Kalakshetra Bangalore Karnataka |
| Country | India |
| First awarded | 2007 |
Sharan Shivraj Patil is an Indian philanthropist and orthopaedic surgeon.
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Dr. Sharan Shivraj Patil was born in the district of Raichur in the state of Karnataka, India. His early education took place in Gulbarga at Sharana Basaveshwara Samsthana. In 1979, he moved to Bangalore and attended premedical school training at the MES College Bangalore.
Sharan Patil completed his medical school with an academic distinction from M. R. Medical College Gulbarga, followed by a brief stint at St. Martha's Hospital in Bangalore. He followed it with a post-graduate degree at Kasturba Medical College Manipal and graduated with a diploma in orthopaedics in 1990. In 1991 he graduated with a Master of Surgery in orthopaedics and was awarded a Gold medal.
In 1992, Sharan Patil moved to the United Kingdom for further training in the North West of England. His training included the Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Hope Hospital, Manchester and Warrington District General Hospital. In December 1995, he was bestowed with Mch. Ortho from Liverpool University.
Sharan Patil returned to India in 1996 and joined Manipal Hospital in Bangalore. He later decided to bring high-quality medical care to poorer citizens, resulting in the birth of Sparsh Hospital.
Under Sharan Patil's stewardship, within 16 months, over 3000 major surgeries were performed on the lower-middle and middle class strata of society at Manipal Hospital. Patil's philosophy of providing quality healthcare to the common man without compromise to all earned him accolades from his compatriots and is the driving force for the establishment of Sparsh Hospital. His goal is to dispense top quality health care for all, irrespective of financial status or their race or class in society.
There have been various initiatives taken up by the hospital, including:
The story of Lakshmi Tatma, a two-year-old ischiopagus conjoined twin with eight limbs from a remote village in the district of Araria of the state of Bihar, India, brought worldwide attention to Sparsh Hospital.
Patil traveled to Bihar in September 2007 to bring Lakshmi Tatma for treatment at Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore.
Lakshmi Tatma went for surgery on November 6, 2007. This marathon surgery led by Patil constituted a large team of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and which included the famous paediatric anesthetist Yohannan John. The operation lasted 19 hours and resulted in the successful separation of the parasitic twin from the body of Lakshmi Tatma.
This was the first time that surgery of this magnitude was conducted in India. The entire treatment process was carried out free of cost through the Sparsh Foundation.[1]
Dr. Sharan Patil with the encouragement, love and affection received from well-wishers and recipients came out with a novel concept to further commit him and Sparsh hospital to take up social causes through medical science which will benefit the society at large. Hence his brainchild to help the poor and needy pioneered the charitable wing of Sparsh Hospital now known as the Sparsh Foundation. The basic philosophy is to get quality treatment to the poor and the treatment has to be on par to that which is accorded to the rich the difference being the poor do not have to pay for the surgery. This philosophy along with the cooperation of his friend the chief Anesthetist Yohannan John became the hall mark in his philanthropy to give the touch of life and to inspire everyone.
He has received numerous other awards like,