OUR STORY
Behind the Scenes
Here at Parkinson's Disease Foundation of India, we’re committed to investing our expertise and resources in order to further achieve our cause. We’ve been supporting our community members in a variety of ways and measuring our success not by monetary size, but by more qualitative measurements such as the scale and effectiveness of our efforts. Just imagine what we can achieve together!
Founders
Dr. Sathwik R Shetty and Dr. Sanjana Rai founded this NGO in 2020.
DR. SATHWIK R SHETTY
Dr. Sathwik Shetty is a Consulatant Neurosurgeon, practicing at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore.
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He specializes in the Surgical management of Parkinson's disease (PD). While treating patients with PD and interacting with them in close quarters, a need was felt to create more awareness about the disease both among the patients and their families.
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"Caring for the elderly in India, is still primarily a responsibility of their families and society doesn't play as much an active role as it should. This can cause severe stress on the families both emotionally and financially especially in a chronic illness like PD. By educating and creating more awareness about the illness, its expected course, the management options available and involving the society to support the effort in various ways, we can take care of our elderly more effectively and appropriately"
DR. SANJANA RAI
Dr. Sanjana Rai, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore. As doctors, one of the things we need to manage while treating patients is to bridge the gap between the best treatment and affordability.
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"Health Insurance in India is still in its infancy. Majority of the population are not insured and health issues can financially destroy families. Most, give up everything and when that isn't enough, the resignation that you see in their eyes is heart-breaking. In-addition to PD, this foundation is committed to assist economically disadvantaged patients to undergo treatment for other brain and spine disorders"