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.
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 specializes 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 the first systematic trial on primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.
Tejas Madhusudan Patel
He is known for his pioneering work of coronary angiography and interventions with trans-radial technique which has made coronary interventions safe, and accurate and has significantly decreased patient morbidity, and mortality as well as the duration of hospital stay from 3-5 days in the past to 24-36 hours.
Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur
His suggestions on Kala Azar’s treatment have been accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations.
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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