B. Ramana Rao

Bhogaraju Ramana Rao[1] is an Indian physician and cardiologist from Bangalore. He was born in Hyderabad. His parents belonged to West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh. Rao has been offering health care to rural people free of cost for the last 36 years. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medicine.[2] Rao was Kannada thespian Dr.Rajkumar’s consulting physician. Rao married to Smt Hema a Delhi based on 25 Dec 1975. He also contributed toilet and drinking water in rural areas of 16 villages.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "City based physician Dr Ramana Rao receives Padma Shri from President of India, for his 'healing touch'". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.