Bibliotopia 2022 | Interview with René Prêtre

"Mending the Hearts: Between hospital and humanitarian aid"
Moderation: Geneviève Bridel

Rene Prêtre is a Swiss paediatric heart surgeon. He practiced in New York, London, Paris and Zurich, and is now Head of the cardiovascular service in Lausanne (CHUV) and of paediatric cardiac surgery in Geneva (HUG). In 2006 he created Le Petit Cœur, a foundation devoted to humanitarian projects. "Et au centre bat le cœur" (2016) follows his work, with its doubts and hopes, many successes and some defeats.