Dr Francisco Colaco who turned 80 on December 11 besides being a renowned cardiologist is a multifaceted personality, wearing many hats to his illustrious career. Running his clinic adjacent to the Holy Spirit Church, he has rendered yeoman service to the people of Margao and beyond with his expertise as an interventional echo-cardiologist. Coming from an affluent family, he renders his practice without the lure of monetary gains as many times he forego charges of his patients on humanitarian grounds. Exceeding his brief as a health professional, he is also a prolific writer and a columnist in leading publications and medical journals. As a versatile and all inclusive personality Dr Francisco also has to his credit musical albums in Portuguese, Konkani and English languages which are periodically aired on our local TV channels. He was felicitated by MIMA-CME in recognition of his contribution to the folk dance 'Mando'. As an ardent music fan he used to be a regular at Furtados weekend musical extravaganza where local artistes used to jam up. We wish our dear doctor many more fruitful years and look forward to his inspired ideology.
