Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh made kids smile with 37,000 free surgeries
Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh, a plastic surgeon, wanted to become a doctor since he was a child. He currently provides free corrective surgery to children born with cleft lip and palate. Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh was a deserving student who, in addition to his education, sold goggles and cleaned soaps to help support his family in Varanasi in 1979. Dr. Subodh is now well-known as a plastic surgeon for providing free repair surgery on children born with cleft lip/palate. He has performed 37,000 free cleft-palate procedures to restore the smiles of 25,000 families. Dr. Singh's commitment to the needy has earned him numerous honours, including appearances at the 2009 Academy Awards and on the central court of the 2013 Wimbledon Men's Singles Final. Dr. Subodh's father Gyan Singh, a railway clerk, died in February 1979, when Dr. Subodh was just 13. The death probably occurred as a result of insufficient medical treatment. Dr. Singh adds, "I have seen that little ...