Available Avenues to the Poor to Reduce Heart Diseases in India

Prof. (Dr) M. Wali is an Indian cardiologist and a former honorary physician to R. Venkataraman and Shankar Dayal Sharma and the then Physician to Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. His first assignment as a physician to the President of India was with R. Venkataraman, at the age of 33, making him the youngest physician to serve an Indian President. He is the only physician to have served three Presidents of India. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2007 for his contributions to Indian medicine.