Neelam Desai, MD is Senior Consultant and Head, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences (SSSIHMS) in Prasanthigram, India.  She has been an inspiring leader of the CTVS department for many years and has seen first hand the loving, compassionate care delivered at the SSSIHMS.  Dr. Desai gives us a captivating visual and descriptive tour of the history of the SSSIHMS.

Dr. Desai emphasizes that the SSSIHMS provides holistic care which treats the body, mind and spirit of the patient as stressed by the founder, Sri Sathya Sai Baba.  This world class, specialized healthcare is delivered totally free of cost to the patient in the unique spiritualized by loving healthcare providers.  Dr. Desai stresses throughout her talk that the SSSIHMS is not only a world class super specialty hospital, but it is also a temple of healing where these patients and their healthcare providers are mutually spiritually uplifted.