How India ticked all the boxes as favourite World Doctor

This photo taken on March 26, 2014 shows consultant orthopaedic surgeon and specialist in joint replacement and arthoscopic surgery K.P. Kosygan (2nd left) gesturing as he speaks with a Nigerian patient who underwent surgery at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai. PHOTO | MANJUNATH KIRAN | AFP

For about three months in 2019, Veronica Mwakatumbula, 25, endured poor health and often struggled to breathe while her fever remained high. Not much came out of the hospital visits she made in Dar es Salaam.

A distant relation learnt of her ailing and advised her to travel to Nairobi to one of the contact centres that connect the sick with Indian hospitals.