Bhagawan Koirala

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Bhagawan Koirala
Bhagawan Koirala during an Interview, 2012.jpg
Dr. Bhagawan Koirala during an interview (Dec. 2012)
Born(1960-07-24)July 24, 1960[1]
Palpa, Nepal[1]
EducationDhaka University
Kharkiv National Medical University
Known forpioneering open heart surgery in Nepal.
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon, Professor[1]
Institutions Tribhuvan University (T.U.)
Nepal Medical College
T.U. Teaching Hospital
Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center (MCVTC)[2]
Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center[3]
Norvic International Hospital[4]
Civil Service Hospital of Nepal[5]
Organ Transplantation Center Development Committee
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP),[1] Cardiac Society of Nepal[6]
Sub-specialtiescardiothoracic surgery[1]
Researchopen-heart surgery[1]
AwardsSuprabal Gorkha Dakshinbahu IV
Birendra-Aisworya Medal for Outstanding Service
Excellence Achiever's Award

Bhagawan Koirala (Nepali: भगवान कोइराला) MD, FACC (July 24, 1960) is a Cardiothoracic surgeon, professor and Social worker.[1] He is best known for leading the team of Nepalese surgeons that began Open-heart surgery in Nepal. He is considered a good manager of the public hospitals. Apart from leading the technical and clinical teams, he facilitated the free treatment of heart diseases for poor patients: for the children, senior citizen and those in desperate need.

Education and background[]

Dr Koirala completed his primary school from his hometown of Palpa. He, then completed “Certificate in General Medicine”, a degree equivalent to that of a Physician assistant, from Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu. His deep interest took him to Kharkiv, Ukraine, where he graduated from Kharkiv Medical Institute in 1989. He credits his teacher during the paramedic course for encouraging him to take career in medicine particularly in the field of cardiac surgery. He did his post-graduation in Cardiothoracic and surgery from National institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dhaka University in 1994. He also has valid USMLE certificate. He did a year of surgical residency at the Baystate Medical Center and later continued as a fellow in cardiac surgery in the same place. He then completed a year of fellowship (2000) in pediatric cardiac surgery from the Sick Children's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada The Hospital for Sick Children of Toronto in 2000.[7]

Career[]

Dr Koirala started his career as young doctor at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.[1][3][8] He worked as a house officer and later as senior house officer at the departments of casualty and Surgery between 1989 and 1991. He later joined the Department of Surgery of the same institute as junior faculty in 1995. He was the key person to have started the Open Heart surgery program at the Teaching Hospital in 1997. After returning from Canada, he led the newly established Shahid Gangalal National Heart Center as the Executive director from 2001 till 2009. Converting an old shoe factory into a fully functional, high volume and efficient heart hospital was an extraordinary job. He was an acting Executive Director of Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center [1]. He later became the Executive Director of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.[1][3][8] During his short tenure at the Teaching Hospital as the Executive Director, he cleaned up many irregularities and rescued the hospital from the brink of financial collapse. Professionally, he has been heading the department of cardiac surgery while at the heart hospital and later the department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Tribhuvan University. He has performed or directly supervised over 13,000 heart surgeries between 2001 and 2020. Apart from being an accomplished surgeon, he is also considered a good manager of public hospitals. His contribution was also in making the expensive cardiac surgeries accessible to the general public by making the heart surgery free for children and elderly. He was awarded with numerous accolades for outstanding service and leadership.

Humanitarian projects[]

He is involved with numerous social and charitable organizations. His motto is: “no child in this country shall die of heart disease because of poverty”. He is currently the Chairman of Jayanti Memorial Trust, an organization that is dedicated to helping patients with heart diseases. He is also the chairman of Karuna Foundation [2], that is working on prevention, early detection and rehabilitation of disabilities across the Province 1 of Nepal. His next major undertaking is the Children's Hospital project, called Kathmandu Institute of Child Health [3], that aims to establish a multispecialty children's hospital in Kathmandu and later in all provinces of Nepal.

Memberships[]

Koirala is the member of numerous medical and scientific organizations:-

  • Nepal Medical Association
  • Society of Surgeons in Nepal[9]
  • Nepal Heart Foundataion[10]
  • Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center[2]
  • Cardiac Society of Nepal[6]
  • Jayanti Memorial Trust[11][12]
  • Bangladesh Cardiac Society[13]
  • America Nepal Medical Foundation[14]
  • Heart Club Nepal
  • Heart to Heart Nepal
  • Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons[15]
  • American College of Cardiology (FACC)[16]

Contributions to medicine[]

Pioneering Open heart surgery in Nepal[]

Koirala first performed open-heart surgery in 1997. His initiative gave a hope for treating heart diseases inside the country by establishing the first fully operational heart hospital, and also to ensure free service for the needy.

His social initiative came at the time when Nepal completely lacked resources to treat heart patients, and the rate of heart related diseases were increasing in the region. According to a National Report on NCDs and CVDs compiled by NHRC in 2010;

Distribution of NCDs in terms of socio demographic variables (age, sex, ethnic groups, and geographic area) was calculated. Data shows that out of the total admitted patients, 36.5% patients suffered from NCDs.Out of total NCDs, 38% were having heart diseases followed by COPD (33%), where as diabetes and cancer accounted for 10% and 19% cases respectively.[17]

MCVTC, headed by Koirala, is famously known for providing medicines at lower prices than the suggested retail price.[18] He also represents the team of Cardiovascular Surgery for Asia Pacific Society of Cardiology's Scientific Council (May 2011 to Feb 2013).[2][13]

Honors[]

Koirala has been felicitated and recognized by various institutions over the years.

  • Sukirtimaya Rastradeep III, Government of Nepal 2019
  • Madan Bhandary National award 2017
  • GoGo Foundation award for good governance, Kathmandu 2016
  • Mrigendra-Samjhana Medical Trust Honor, 2012[10][19]
  • Suprabal Jana Sewasree III, Government of Nepal, 2012
  • Excellence Achiever's Award, Youth Asia, 2012[20]
  • Manager of the year, Management Association of Nepal, 2008[21]
  • Hem Bahadur Malla Honor" for outstanding hospital services, Public Administration Association of Nepal, 2006[22]
  • Science and Technology Talent Award Grade "A", RONAST, 2005[23]
  • Dharma Pahari Medical Services award, NMA, 2003
  • Suprabal Gorkha Dakshinbahu IV, 2001
  • Birendra-Aisworya Medal for Outstanding Service, 2001
  • Best Paper Award, IV International Surgical conference of Surgeons in Nepal, 1998
  • Best Doctor Award, T.U. Teaching Hospital in 1996
  • Honors for Academic Performance in MD

Personal life[]

Koirala was born in Palpa, Nepal. He is married and resides in Kathmandu. Proficient in Nepali, English, Russian, Hindi and Bengali languages.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bhagwan Koirala bio". SGNHC.org.np. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Koirala's membership in a national medical foundation". MCVTC.org.np. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  3. ^ a b c "Koirala's credentials". SGNHC.org.np. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  4. ^ "Norvic Intl. Hospital's team". NorvicHospital.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  5. ^ "Cicil Service Hospital of Nepal's team". CivilServiceHospital.org. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  6. ^ a b "Committee members of Cardiac Society of Nepal". CSN.org.np. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  7. ^ "Pediatric Heart Transplant in Toronto 2000". CTSNetJournals.org. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  8. ^ a b "Dr. Koirala's Bio". CTSNet.org. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  9. ^ "Koirala's membership in a national medical foundation". SSN.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  10. ^ a b "Koirala receives MSMT honor, 2012". MSMT.org. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  11. ^ "Koirala's membership in a national medical foundation". NepaliTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  12. ^ "Koirala's membership in a national medical foundation". JMT.org.np. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  13. ^ a b "APSC Scientific team" (PDF). APSCardio.org. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  14. ^ "Koirala's membership in Intl. medical foundation". ANMF.net. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  15. ^ "Koirala's membership in a Intl. medical foundation" (PDF). IACTS.org. Retrieved 2012-12-28.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Koirala's membership in Intl. medical foundation". NorvicHospital.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  17. ^ "Report on Non-communicable disease" (PDF). NHRC.org.np. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  18. ^ "Koirala and his institution providing drugs at cheapest cost". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  19. ^ "Koirala being honored in a local program, 2012". Ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  20. ^ "Koirala felicitated with Excellence Achiever's Award 2012". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  21. ^ "Koirala been awarded Manager of the Year". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  22. ^ http://paan.org.np/download/paan_newsletter.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  23. ^ "Koirala felicitated with Science & Technology Award". WebChautari.net. Archived from the original on 2013-02-23. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
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