Heart Matters: Delhi to Chennai to Canada to Guyana....and then came the magic...

Dr. Cherian discovered that Mr. Nair was from his grandmother’s native village of Mavalikara, Kerala and that he knew her family. 

Their interesting conversation covered various topics from Chennai to Delhi to Canada. Mr. Nair spoke of his daughter in Canada and her roommate Ms. Singh.  Ms. Singh had raised funds for the NGO of her friend, the First Lady of Guyana. The NGO was taking 10 kids from Guyana to London for their heart surgery and Ms. Singh was to accompany them. 

As usual, Dr. Cherian wanted to contribute and do something more. His one question to Mr. Nair was, “What if I operate on double number of kids for the same cost?” He requested Mr. Nair to get his daughter’s opinion on this. 

When this was conveyed to the NGO, the First Lady was very happy as the benefit of their service could be doubled. 18 kids were brought to Chennai. Ms. Singh accompanied the First Lady Ms. Varshini Jagdeo who wished to be involved in the entire process. By God’s grace, the surgeries were successful and the children returned home healthy and happy.  

During her visit, the First Lady came to know of the superspeciality cardiac hospital functioning under Dr. Cherian’s guidance and support in Parumala Village, a Christian pilgrimage centre in Kerala. She was highly impressed to know that super speciality facilities were available in a village with a population of 6,300 something not very common in the world. She wanted to replicate this model back home and made it a point to visit Parumala before she left to Guyana.   

One year later, Dr. Cherian visited Guyana with his colleague Dr. Prem Sekar, Paediatric Cardiologist.  Seeing their enthusiasm to screen underprivileged children, a Free Camp was organised and they screened about 250 children in a nonstop screening session of 2 days.  

A thought is often all that is needed. A series of events then unfold leading to a magical moment like the events that led to the curing of 18 kids & screening 250 children - in a far away land. Subsequently Dr. Cherian operated on three more groups of children with heart disease, thus more than 50 children from Guyana were treated. From Delhi to Chennai to Canada to Guyana,... thoughts travel at the speed of light between the ‘right minds’ to generate an unstoppable wave of action which results in unparalleled positive results. 

When we look back, we will realise that great outcomes have resulted from the ‘right’ thoughts.