Political Quotes

“in 1971, a young doctor named Babu Prasad boarded a plane in his native India, headed for America. He was 24 years old and 1 year out of medical school. His first stop was Canton, OH where he worked for a short while before moving to Chicago to complete a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Illinois- Chicago. He spent the following decade practicing medicine in Alabama before returning to Illinois, this time to the Springfield area, where he spent the next 18 years practicing anesthesiology at HSHS St. John's Hospital before retiring in 2004. Two weeks ago, this doctor who arrived in America as a young man with no money announced that he was donating $1 million to HSHS St. John's to support a major expansion of the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit. An article in The State Journal-Register, Springfield's hometown newspaper, called Dr. Prasad's gift his ``love letter to the hospital and community.'' At a press conference announcing his donation, Dr. Prasad said simply: ``I want to give back to a country that has given so much to my family and me.'' ``Children are our future, so I wanted to direct by gift to the neonatal intensive care unit, to give the babies a healthy start in life,'' said Dr. Prasad. Dr. Prasad and his wife, Dr. Sudah Prasad, an immunologist, have been quiet and consistent donors to St. John's NICU over the years. Their latest gift of $1 million will support a major expansion of St. John's neonatal intensive care unit.…”