Prime Minister – I want to talk about the heart, who will do it?
Little Beneficiary – I am a hockey champion, I have won 5 medals in hockey. During a check-up at my school, I found out that I had a hole in my heart. So I came here, had my operation, and now I can play hockey.
Prime Minister – Son, when was your operation?
Little Beneficiary – It happened 6 months ago.
Prime Minister – And you used to play before?
Little Beneficiary – Yes.
Prime Minister – Are you still playing?
Little Beneficiary – Yes.
Prime Minister – What do you want to do in the future?
Little Beneficiary – I want to become a doctor.
Prime Minister – You will become a doctor, what will you do after becoming a doctor?
Little Beneficiary – I will treat all children.
Prime Minister – Only children?
Little Beneficiary – Everyone.
Prime Minister – When you become a doctor, we will be old, so will you do something for us or not?
Little Beneficiary – I will.
Prime Minister – Promise?
Little Beneficiary – Yes, promise.
Prime Minister – Alright.
Little Beneficiary – I never thought I would be able to meet you. Today is the first time I met you, and I felt very happy.
Little Beneficiary – My operation was done a year ago, and I want to become a doctor when I grow up and treat everyone.
Prime Minister – Okay, when did you cry?
Little Beneficiary – I didn’t cry.
Prime Minister – The doctors were saying that you used to cry a lot.
Little Beneficiary – When did the doctor say that? They didn’t tell me.
Prime Minister – No.
Little Beneficiary – I want to recite a speech for you.
Prime Minister – Yes, speak-speak.
Little Beneficiary – Go beyond the destination and seek a destination, if you find a river, seek the ocean. Every glass breaks with the blow of a stone, seek a glass that even the stone breaks. What happened from your prostrations, centuries passed, what happened from your prostrations, centuries passed, perform such a prostration that changes your life, perform such a prostration that changes your life.
Prime Minister – Wow wow wow.
Little Beneficiary – My operation was in 2014, I was 14 months old then. Now I am completely healthy and I am very much into cricket.
Prime Minister – Okay, do you get regular check-ups, because it has been 11 years since your operation?
Little Beneficiary – Yes sir.
Prime Minister – So do you get regular check-ups?
Little Beneficiary – Yes sir.
Prime Minister – Are you having any trouble now?
Little Beneficiary – No sir.
Prime Minister – Do you play?
Little Beneficiary – Yes sir.
Prime Minister – Do you play cricket?
Little Beneficiary – Yes sir.
Little Beneficiary – I want to meet you, can I come for 2 minutes?
Prime Minister – You want to come closer, come.
Prime Minister – How did you feel when you had to come to the hospital, take medicines, get injections, how did you feel?
Little Beneficiary – Sir, I was not even scared of injections, so my operation went well, and I wasn’t scared.
Prime Minister – Yes, okay, so what do your teachers say?
Little Beneficiary – My teachers say you are good at studies, but you stutter a little.
Prime Minister – Okay, this is it, but you are telling the truth, telling the truth will benefit you a lot.
Little Beneficiary – I am studying in class seventh, my operation!
Prime Minister – You are studying in seventh grade, son?
Little Beneficiary – Yes sir!
Prime Minister – So you don’t eat?
Little Beneficiary – Sir, we eat.
Prime Minister – You keep eating the teacher’s head, okay tell me.
Little Beneficiary – My operation was in 2023, and I want to become a teacher when I grow up, because by becoming a teacher, I want to teach poor children for free to help them move forward, and our country progresses through education.
Prime Minister – Okay, do you all know whose centenary year has begun this month? Sathya Sai Baba’s hundred years. Many years ago, there was a severe water crisis around Puttaparthi, and there was no water for agriculture, not even for drinking. So, he did so much work for water at that time, providing drinking water to about 400 villages. Even if any government has to do so much work, sometimes they have to think a lot. And from this, the message for us is that we should save water, and similarly plant trees. Do you know, I run a campaign – one tree in the name of mother. Everyone loves their mother, right? So we should plant a tree in our mother’s name, in your mother’s name. This way, we repay the debt to Mother Earth and also to our mother.
Little Beneficiary – My name is Abhik, I am from West Bengal. I want to join the army when I grow up and serve the country.
Prime Minister – Will you serve the country?
Little Beneficiary – Yes.
Prime Minister – Promise?
Little Beneficiary – Yes.
Prime Minister – Why will you serve?
Little Beneficiary – Because the soldiers of the country protect us, I also want to protect!
Prime Minister – Wow wow wow.
Little Beneficiary – I want to shake hands.
Little Beneficiary – It was my dream to meet you.
Prime Minister – Okay, when did you have this dream, today or before?
Little Beneficiary – It was a long time ago.
Prime Minister – Did you know me?
Little Beneficiary – I saw you in the news.
Little Beneficiary – Prime Minister, you read and watch the news. Okay. It was very nice talking to all of you. Now, if you want to do any good work, our body is the medium, so we should keep our body healthy, do some yoga, sleep according to a routine, this must be ensured. You all need to take great care of this. Will you? Will you definitely?
Prime Minister – My very best wishes to you all.
PM’s interaction with children successfully operated for heart diseases at Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Child Heart Hospital in Nava Raipur
