The only way to do the human rights thing is to do the right thing medically.

People call me a saint and I think, I have to work harder. Because a saint would be a great thing to be.

I've been asked a lot for my view on American health care. Well, 'it would be a good idea,' to quote Gandhi.

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education.

It is very expensive to give bad medical care to poor people in a rich country.

I'm one of six kids, and the eight of us lived for over a decade in either a bus or a boat.

Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan, I am uncomfortable making different recommendations for my patients in Boston and in Haiti.