Chandigarh, 6 : The Health and Education Development Association of India (HEDA) has honoured Dr. Virendar Sarwal, Head, Cardiac Surgery, Alchemist Hospital, Panchkula, with “Bhartiya Chikitsak Gaurav Samman 2009”.
The award was conferred in New Delhi on 22nd December, and is in recognition of Dr. Sarwal’s outstanding contribution to medicine and healthcare, especially in the field of beating-heart surgery.
Dr. Sarwal, was earlier recognized by World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons ln Ottawa for achieving zero mortality in about 300 consecutive cases of beating heart surgery.