Welcome to Saint John: Meet a heart surgeon who’s saving lives and planting roots
Global News
The City of Saint John is on track to welcome 22,500 new immigrants by 2030 and the city is expecting newcomers to fuel key sectors, including health care.
In the high stakes world of heart surgery, precision matters.
And for Dr. Saurabh Gupta of Saint John, N.B., every stitch, every second and every heartbeat counts.
“When the OR lights turn on and all the other lights dim, it’s a very surreal experience and it’s very hard to explain that it’s just you and whatever the problem is in front of you,” he said.
Gupta’s story doesn’t start in the operating room; it starts thousands of miles away in Delhi, India, where a 12-year-old boy packed up his life with his parents and moved to Canada.
He says his parents, who worked as an engineer and a homemaker, chose Canada because they wanted to offer him opportunities and a better quality of life.
He’s now a cardiovascular surgeon at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and credits his family’s tough decision and journey for where he is today.
Gupta believes every new Canadian’s story is unique and important — and encourages others to find out more.
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