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Jan 6, 2010
"Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were done." --Justice Louis Braindeis
The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery
Dr. Shetty entered the limelight in the early 1990s as Mother Teresa's cardiac surgeon. Today he offers cutting-edge medical care in India at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world. His flagship heart hospital charges $2,000, on average, for open-heart surgery, compared with hospitals in the U.S. that are paid between $20,000 and $100,000, depending on the complexity of the surgery. The approach has transformed health care in India through a simple premise that works in other industries: economies of scale. By driving huge volumes, even of procedures as sophisticated, delicate and dangerous as heart surgery, Dr. Shetty has managed to drive down the cost of health care in his nation of one billion.
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