STUDY... STRUGGLE... SUCCESS

Dr. Lakireddy Hanimireddy,

Cardiologist, California

  

Life is a matter of ups and downs.  Those who will climb the ladder of development will grow in life and show the way of success to youth. Dr. Lakireddy Hanimireddy is that sort of person who settled in California. He belongs to an agricultural family in India. Although he was born in the condition of without any facilities and also when India was under the British government, he believed in studies and with hard work he become successful individual in America.

Mr. Lakireddy's father is Lakshmireddy and mother is Narayanamma. He was brought up by his grandmotherLakireddy papulamma. He hails from small village called Welvadam of Mailavaram in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. He completed his schooling in both Welvadam and Mailavaram by 1959. Then he went to Hyderabad and did PUC and MBBS there. Afterwards he practiced in Mailavaram for 10 years. He was an emigrant to America in 1978 with help of his elder brother Mr. Balreddy. There he again did MD, internal Medicine and Cardiology. Since then from 1984, he has been practising privately in Cardiology in California. He came to US along with his wife Vijayalakshmi and two kids. Now his elder son Vikram is doing Cardiology in New York and younger son did law school in California.

Studies, accomplishment and discipline are the rungs of Dr. Hanimireddy's growth to become a popular Cardiologist. He has been in this profession for 22 years. He is living in Marsad city of California. He has his own hospital and office over there. All over the city, there are 120 to 130 doctors are available. Among those doctors, he is the only Cardiologist about twenty years ago. Today two more Cardiologists added to him. He always suggest the patients to do the exercises, not to smoke the cigarettes and not to gain the weight, since those are very effective to the heart. He also tells that exercise will increase lifetime and makes everybody that " I feel good". He inform that it can be in any form like swimming, walking running and cycling. Not only Dr. Lakireddy evokes the patients but also follows his own rules and he has been in running exercise from the past twenty years. He daily covers up to 20 to 20 kilometers through running without any gap.

There is a 12 Kilometer running race that will be held in San Francisco every year. Dr. Hanimireddy has been participating in that event for 17 years. He even got a medal for a running race of 42 kilometers held in Sacramento two years ago. He completed his race within 4 hours and 50 minutes without any break in his 60+ age. "These are all about the importance of exercise" he adds. He also worries about the diabetes that has the main treatment as exercise only.

Dr. Lakireddy doesn't agree with those people who feel that the American born people are lucky. The fact is that those who born in India are luckier than in America, China and Russia. He explains this with an example that. " We know the importance of learning the English language. So we, the Indians, learn English in any of our education level and so feel comfort to go abroad and settle there with good jobs. We can observe many Chinese, Japanese and Russians who find comfort with their English in America". Dr. Lakireddy encourages the Indians to settle down abroad and requests that they have to keep their motherland in their mind always. He wishes the non-resident Indians to give a big to their home country besides earning money.

Dr. Hanimireddy also initiates many charity programs in India and America. He trusts in serving the poor brings him self-satisfaction. He had donated one million dollars for a University building in Marsad. The University honored him by putting the name of their auditorium as Dr. Lakireddy Auditorium. He arranges scholarships for high school children in Marsad. He also involves in all the programs that are being conducted by Telugu people in America. In India he donated 75 lakhs of rupees to modernise and rebuild the elementary school in Mailavaram, where he did his schooling. Recently Mr. Jaipal Reddy, the Minister for Information and broadcasting inaugurated the building. In accordance with the service of Mr. Hanimireddy so many people have appreciated and wished him.

As Mr. Lakireddy pays special attention on physical fitness and health care, he established 'Lakireddy Laxmireddy Indoor Stadium' in Mailavaram. 'Lakhireddy Hanimireddy Sport Complex' is also there under international standards. He wishes to continue these sort of programs through out his life in India as well as in America. He has the desire of his children to follow him and take part in charities. For this, he even created family foundation for keeping the money that would be useful for his children when he passes away.