Inspirational Doctor: He is Prof Dr. Shankar Man Rai

Inspirational Doctor: He is Prof Dr. Shankar Man Rai. He and his team are the ones who give new lives to acid attack victims. He has done more than 20,000 surgeries related to burn and more than 20,000 Cleft surgeries.

Dr. Rai has been helping Burn patients for more than 25 yrs now. We met Dr. Rai and asked about burn related situation and he said " Nearly 2100 people die due to burn related injuries each year, Winters are the most difficult time. Most of the burn victims are from low/medium economic background and aged. The treatment is also costly but we always give our best to save them. If the first aid is done better we can save more people. "

Prof Shankar Man Rai- Senior Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Kirtipur Hospital who is also credited with initiation of Burn Unit and Plastic Surgery services at the TU Teaching Hospital. He is credited with creating a team of plastic surgeons and allied health professionals to take reconstructive surgery from the reach of rich people to poor people throughout the country in collaboration with ReSurge International of which he is the country director. He also started plastic surgery training in collaboration with National Academy of Medical Sciences. He went on to start Nepal Cleft and Burn Center at Kirtipur Hospital in 2013 which receives in the excess of 600 burn patients every year.

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