Padma Bhushan award to 3 doctors and Padma Shri to 10 doctors in Medicine
Source: https://www.news9live.com/health/health-news
The Padma Awards 2024 have been
announced on the eve of Republic day. While the country applauds the
contribution of all awardees, here we have a list of winners who made a
significant impact on the healthcare sector. These awardees won in the field of
Medicine.
The government has presented
three Padma Bhushan and 10 Padma Shri awards in the field of Medicine.
Padma Bhushan
The three Padma Bhushan awardees
are Dr Ashwin B Mehta, Tejas Madhusudan Patel and Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur.
1. Dr Ashwin B Mehta
He is a consultant in the
department of Cardiology at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research
Centre. He has received a total of 19 gold medals in various subjects in MBBS
and MD examinations. He specialises in Coronary Interventions,
Rotablation, Balloon Valvotomy and Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement. He
is the pioneer in starting Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography in newborn
babies and in starting Bundle Electrography in 1973 in India.
His pioneering work also includes
first systematic trial on primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.
2. Tejas Madhusudan Patel
He is known for his pioneering
work of coronary angiography and interventions with transradial technique which
has made coronary interventions safe, accurate and has significantly decreased
patient morbidity, mortality as well as duration of hospital stay from 3-5 days
in the past to 24-36 hours.
3. Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
His suggestions on Kala Azar
treatment have been accepted by World Heath Organization (WHO) and other
international organisations.
Padma Shri
There are 10 Padma Shri awardees
in the field of Medicine, namely Prema Dhanraj, Radha Krishan Dhiman, Manohar
Krishana Dole, Yazdi Maneksha Italia, Hemchand Manjhi, Chandrashekhar
Mahadeorao Meshram, G Nachiyar, Radhe Shyam Pareek, Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar, and
Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar.
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