Dr. Beatocello

Dr. Beat (pronounced be-at) Richner has opened 6 children's hospitals in Cambodia. He has developed a system in which he can provide free medical care and medicine to his patients. He is doing great work for the children of Cambodia. To support his hospitals he relies on private donations and receives some support from the Cambodian and Swiss governments. I learned about his work from a provocatively named documentary "Dr Beat and the Passive Genocide of Children." Dr. Beatocello is the stage name of this Swiss doctor who believes poor children in poor countries deserve the same medical care as kids in richer countries. I went to his concert last Saturday night to hear him play his cello. Though he played two of the shortest pieces I have ever heard I believe his cause is a good one. Learn more at his website.