A heart for healing

When she i¿s not in the consultation room, Dr R. Gnaneswari loves to chat with her patients in the waiting room, and get to know them better.

In an age of increasing medical costs, some doctors get great satisfaction from giving free treatment.

IT’S a sultry Saturday morning and the Sentul free Clinic of Hope in Kuala Lumpur is fast filling up. As the patients stream in, they leave their shoes outside the door and queue up patiently for their turn to see the doctor.