[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO DR. VEGE RAO

 Mr. SCOTT. Madam President, after serving pediatric patients 
and their families for 38 years, Dr. Vege Rao will be retiring from 
Marion Pediatrics.
  Dr. Rao, a loyal, dedicated, and passionate physician became the 
first pediatrician in Marion County when he opened his pediatric 
practice in 1978. He chose Marion County due to high infant mortality 
rates and the great need for pediatric services in the community.
  Dr. Rao has served as a pillar to this rural community, as evidenced 
by the generations of families he has provided health care to over the 
years. Many parents of today's patients were initially patients of his 
themselves. Dr. Rao's legacy will forever be defined not just by his 
work but by the people he touched in this community, some of the 
State's most vulnerable and underserved populations.
  I wish to recognize both him and his wife, Sochetha, for epitomizing 
the very best of the Palmetto State. I wish Dr. Rao well on his 
retirement; he has earned it.

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