Interview with Dr COVID Fighter & Dr Cancer Saviour - Dr Madhav Desai

We are so near but so far.....meaning thereby we've got solutions around us but we don't know that we are ignorant

Like Dr Sushrut use to say there are all the remedies around one and a half arm's distance, in the kitchen. 

Dr Hiral Shah (ND, MMS) & Dr Madhav Desai (MBBS, MD)

Throwing some light on the professionals who have worked with their heart and soul,  I interviewed one of the senior-most and experienced doctor who in his 44-45 years of practising has cured patients in last-stage Cancer, Heart diseases and many more who had lost hopes. Lately, he is busy with curing COVID patients and has been successful as well.

In the following set of questions, I’ve tried to know about the healthcare sector from his eyes and learn about his life as a doctor and what changes, development and he has witnessed throughout his life.

Dr Madhav Desai, (MBBS, MD) at Navjeevan Global Health and Heart Centre

It has been such a pleasure in learning about Dr Madhav Desai’s long history of work and inheriting the little life lessons. He shared his views on how the healthcare sector needs changes from the basic levels and how the ill-will practices in and around the field need development. 

Here’s I present the interview with Dr Madhav Desai.

1. Firstly, tell us something about yourself

I am in my 70s now and I’ve worked as a medical professional for some 44-45 years. In these glowing 45 years, I’ve had an amalgamation of working as a researcher and a surgent. Talking of my education, I was always good in my academics. 

In my last 20 years of practice, I’ve cured around 30,000 patients (it could be more) and witnessed many miracle cases. As my speciality, I’ve ameliorated my expertise in Cancer (especially last-stage), Heart and Brain diseases and many stubborn & impossible diseases. Lately, I’ve cured COVID patients too. 

I started Navjeevan Global Health and Heart Centre in 1997 and soon introduced Diabetes, Heart and Cancer special care in 2000 and 2002 respectively. With an aim to serve the society and the needy, I do charity for Cancer patients, poor and sick people who cannot afford basic healthcare and also run charity clinics for differently-abled people. As a responsible and privileged citizen, I provide scholarship to poor children who have dreams in their eyes. 

Other than this, we have presented research papers with the Government of India and performed programs with the Vice President of France and Madagascar and many VIPs around the world. 

2. After years of practice, what is that thing that keeps you going?

The joy on a patient’s face has kept me on and on. Other than that, I think of myself as a citizen of this wonderful nation who wants to contribute to the betterment of the society, this country and the world at large and keep on doing the work I do till my last breathe. 

3. Tell us about some of your toughest phases of life as a doctor

I’ve had patients who were on their deathbed and begging for their life. Those moments really wrenched my heart. The pain I saw in their eyes brought me to tears. 

One thing that hits me hard in the heart is the best of our country’s science is been neglected. The talented scholars and medical dreamers are crushed and not brought out in the limelight. This aches me!

4. With COVID-19 spreading across nations, what are the developments you wish to see in the medical/healthcare sector?

As COVID stepped on the Indian soil in around February or March, the system was very slow to adapt to the cures and the various mediums of controlling COVID. With recent developments like Plasma, Anti-Biotics, Antivirus and developing Vaccines, the process of entering the curing stage of COVID is really at a snail’s pace. 

We, at Najeevan Global Health and Heart Centre, have invented a Non-Pharma method to counter COVID. The method has proved to be 4-5% more effective, economic and faster than the other usual methods. Curing COVID patients with our method, we have achieved a 100% success rate and have also looked up to the cases of Post-Corona problems.

5. Talking of India, what are the changes you have witnessed in the attitude of people towards health care workers?

Honestly, the Indian population at large is negligent towards healthcare and the necessary discipline. They do not want to spend their money on healthcare. It is only because of these deadly diseases like COVID (though there are many such diseased like Tetneous, Small Pox, Malaria, etc.) which have opened the eyes of the masses. 

Also, the marketing aspect in the healthcare field has lured masses to opt for unnecessary medicare. Giant Pharma companies have marketed their items in the light which makes a general viewer getting lured to it. This had indeed made the population more misinformed and led in the neglection of a healthcare worker’s true advice. 

6. Protests related to underpaying or non-payment of fees and lack of protection have been witnessed in many parts of India. Have you personally witnessed anything as such and what do you think of these protests?

According to me, there are two versions:

There are doctors and other medical staff who are really underpaid or not even paid their salaries. The protest is right if the case is this. 

On the other side, we have some medical staff who are overcharging than the prescribed charged. Patients charged Rs.20 Lakhs is totally unacceptable. Also, it is not right for patients to manhandle the medical staff and take the law in their hands. There are rules and regulations for the same which should be followed. 

I would also like to mention that it is also the duty of the patient to take care of him/herself. In these tough times, it becomes difficult to manage and adapt things and the most basic thing that we personally can do is to take care of ourselves. 

7. There is news coming of doctors publishing fake COVID certificates for monetary gains. What is your take on that?

There was a time when dedication and ethics were on the top and there were educated, top learnt and high ranking individuals in the healthcare sector. Ethics were of top regards and were maintained at around 90%. But nowadays, things have changed and I personally would not like to comment on them. 

But I would like to say this that the process of selection of medical students has gone to a rock bottom level. The main motive of this field is now changing towards practising as a doctor but procuring a degree. Also, the donation is another reason due to which we do get sub-standard doctors in hospitals. 

I expect and wish that all the doctors who have entered in this humanitarian service for serving the society should behave ethically and patience should be given prime importance and should be treated most honestly.

8. Personally, what do you wish to say to the future of the health care sector? 

The sector has to be drastically changed from the basic level. The society at large needs doctors and medical staff who are dedicated to the purpose. 

With a glorifying future, the healthcare sector in India has a lot to pick up. Malpractices in and around the sector are practised in open-scale but not yet out among the masses. With hopes and a positive outlook, we look at the healthcare sector with eyes full of green lights.