Kurnool: Dr. P Chandra Sekhar's Achievement

The head of the cardiology unit of the Kurnool Government General Hospital (GGH), Dr. P Chandra Sekhar, has been awarded by the London-based World Book of Records for his two-decade-long glorious service to the hospital. He is the first doctor from South India to get this international honour.

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Dr. Chandra Sekhar received a Certificate of Commitment from the agency at the hospital conference hall on Monday. The certificate was handed over to the cardiologist by district judge Radhakrishna Krupasagar. Dr. Chandra Sekhar was previously the hospital's superintendent and the principal of the Kurnool Medical College (KMC). Dr. Nagendranath Reddy, the superintendent of Kurnool GGH, and the former KMC principal Dr. Bhavani Prasad, as well as other prominent doctors from the hospital, were present.

In 1987, Dr. Sekhar started his career as the Medical Officer at the Primary Health Centre, S.R. Puram Village, Chittoor District. He was promoted in 1988 as Asst. Prof. of Medicine and joined S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. In 1993, he acquired the Post-Doctoral D.M. (Cardiology) Degree from Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. He was promoted as Associate Professor and later as Professor in S.V. Medical College, Tirupati. In 1997, he was transferred from Tirupati and joined as Professor in Cardiology at Kurnool Medical College/Govt. General Hospital, Kurnool.

During his student days, as part of NCC, he learned the maintenance of discipline, and through NSS, he learned to extend the ideas of voluntary services. With the same attitude continuing in the profession, he has been receiving great appreciation from the patients in treating them. In 2015, he became the Deputy Superintendent of Govt. General Hospital, Kurnool. His acquired Fellowships include:

• F.I.A.1. (Fellow of Indian Academy of Echocardiography) in 2003
• F.C.S.I. (Fellow of Cardiological Society of India) in 2005
• F.A.C.C. (Fellow of American College of Cardiology) from Chicago in 2015

Dr. Chandra Sekhar told The New Indian Express that his responsibility towards society has increased tenfold now that he has achieved international recognition, and he will continue to serve the patients to the best of his capacity.