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The first woman neurosurgeon in Asia Prof. Dr. T S Kanaka obtained her MCh (neurosurgery) in 1968 from Madras Medical College to become the first woman in Asia to qualify as neurosurgeon. She was one of the earliest female neurosurgeons in the world. Before that she had completed

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Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra: The doctor who saved thousands of lives during the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and hounded by the government for serving humanity and science. Dr. N. P. Misra, Dean of Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal, in 1984, took immediate charge of the crisis situation caused by

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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝑫𝒓. 𝑽𝒊𝒅𝒚𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒂 Dr. Vidya Acharya had many firsts to her credit: the 1st lady nephrologist of India, established the 1st department of Nephrology with dialysis & transplant

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𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟴 In 1938, Indian had 10 Medical Colleges with annual intake of 715 candidates. Around 27 Medical Schools were also there to award Medical License (a 5 year program as well) which gave

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How did the medical graduation course get the name MBBS in India? During the 19th century Indian universities awarded M.B. which stands for Medicine Baccalaureus & B.S. for Bachelor of Surgery or licentiate L.M.S. Also a doctorate M.D. In 1906 Bombay University clubbed M.B. & B.S

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 & 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 In colonial India there were a few Medical Colleges & several other Medical Schools. Rarely do people know the difference. Medical Colleges awarded a graduation degree in

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Have you watched those TV campaigns telling us the importance of iodised salt, hazards of osteoporosis & fluoridated water? The man behind all these is Padma Bhushan Dr. Ambrish Mithal, @DrAmbrishMithal an endocrinologist who had established India’s 1st bone density measurement

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𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝟓 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝟐,𝟑𝟏𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝟒 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 There were five schools which rank as medical colleges, viz., those at Calcutta, Madras,

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝑫𝒓. 𝑺𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝑰𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊 was the 1st woman to receive MBBS from Rangoon University. She, with other female family members, came to

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Dr. Kripal S Chugh was 1st nephrologist in India. When he tried to enroll himself for MD in 1956 in "kidney diseases", Punjab University refused because it wasn't on the list of specialities. In the end he was given a special subject "genitourinary medicine" @BagaiDr

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Dr. Mahendralal Sircar (second MD from Calcutta Medical College) introduced the X-Rays in India within a few months after its discovery by Roentgen in Europe. He ordered Roentgen tubes from Ducretet Company in June 1896 (Roentgen discovered X-Rays in November 1895). The 1st

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Did you know the first Indian paratrooper was a doctor? Lieutenant Colonel Dr. A.G. Rangaraj, a pass out from Madras Medical College, joined the Medical Services in 1941 & the same year he became the 1st Indian to take a parachute jump. He commanded Indian Army's Parachute Field

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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 Dr. Jerusha Jhirad was the first Indian woman to receive a Government scholarship to study abroad. She completed her LMS from Grant Medical College, Bombay in 1912 &

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Only 9 Indians qualified for Indian Medical Services between 1892 & 1902 while around 700 European doctors served in the services. One reason was that examination centre for IMS was only in London. By 1902, there were approx. 2500 Govt. owned hospitals & dispensaries while 1000

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Dr. Subhash Mukherjee was harassed by the then West Bengal state government and Indian Government and not allowed to share his achievements with the international scientific community. Dejected, he committed suicide on 19 June 1981, he created the world's 1st IVF child

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙩 & 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 Dr. C. K. Lakshmanan was educated at Madras Christian College, Madras Medical College and St. Bartholomew's Medical College & Hospital, London & was commissioned in the

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Indian Surgeons were paid ₹150 - ₹250 in 1898 According to a government report in 1898 Civil Surgeon & Assistant Surgeons were the two positions open for Indian doctors. The salary of Assistant Surgeon was between Rupees 150 & 250. Civil surgeon received higher salary. Doctors

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢? Dr. G. R Talwalkar & Dr. B. N. Kanuga were facing difficulty because Gandhi wouldn’t allow any modern

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𝑫𝒓. 𝑹𝒖𝒑𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒊 𝑭𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒚𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅’𝒔 𝟏𝒔𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕 Rupa Bai completed her studies in Hyderabad Medical School during 1885-1889. She later got trained at John’s Hopkins Hospital,

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧 Dr. D M Bassa was born in Durban in 1918 to Indian parents & had the privilege of chauffeuring Mahatma Gandhi. He pursued M.B.,B.S. from Grant Medical College, Mumbai in 1947 & served as Prof.

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Prof. Dr. Mangalore Gopal Kini was the first qualified specialist orthopaedic surgeon in India. He did his MCh in Orthopaedics at Liverpool under the supervision of Sir Dr. Robert Jones in 1929. He completed his MBBS from Madras Medical College in 1918 & joined Medical Services.

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This is the greeting card sent to Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi (Anandibai Joshi) from Queen Victoria of England on becoming the first Indian woman to graduate in modern medical sciences. She had graduated from Woman's Medical College, Pennsylvania. Source: South Asian American Digital

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One of the earliest dialysis in India Kolff Twin-Coil Artificial Kidney Dialysis Machine used at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh in 1963 @IMAIndiaOrg @FordaIndia @_KarishmaK @drvivekbhati @deepakdeepak @drhiteshbajpai @BirinderNarang

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𝗜𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟭 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟳𝟱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 & 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 A Health Survey report submitted by a team led by Sir

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Eminent neurosurgeon Dr. B Ramamurthi narrates an incidence from early days of his career when an electricity board clerk who was a psychiatric patient was operated by him for a tumor. Later Dr. Ramamurthi presented his case in front of the Chief Minister to get him reinstated at

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In 1867 Mahomed Sudrool Huq, Sub-Assistant Surgeon of Patna reported that between 1 July, 1965 & 30 June 1967, a total of 24 Lithotomy Operations were performed in the Government Charitable Dispensary at Patna. Recovery period varied from 7 to 40 days with an average of 17

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Did you know the contributions of Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam known as Missile man? Professor Dr. Pranay Tanwar & Ritesh Kumar of AIIMS, New Delhi writes: “Dr Kalam had significant contributions to medical science which are less discussed in Indian media and literature. He

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The First Indian Medical Congress was held in Kolkata from 24th to 29th December 1894. 799 medical practitioners from all over India became its members as more than a hundred papers were presented. Dr. Joggobundhu Bose & Dr. Surjee Coomar Sarbadhicari were the Vice

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In 1998 @ArvinderSoin @AnupamSibal & M R Rajashekar were the 1st to perform a successful pediatric live liver transplant in India on an 18 months old baby. The child was born with Biliary Artesia & received liver from his father. Today, around 2000 liver transplants are performed

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A rare photo of Mahatma Gandhi undergoing an emergency appendectomy while still under arrest by Dr. Maddock at Sassoon Hospital, Pune on 12 January 1924. According to reports, "While the surgery was in progress, the electric bulb went off. The appendectomy had then to be finished

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Did you know the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital (RIOGOH) was only the second dedicated eye hospital in the world & the first in Asia? Dr. Mrittika Sen of Raghunath Netralaya, Mumbai, Dr. M R Chitra & M Sivakami of of RIOGOH & Santosh G

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Sir Dr. Ratanji Dalal was the 1st Indian doctor to hold a public appointment in England. Dr. Dalal studied at Grant Medical College before moving to University College, London from where he recieved M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P in 1895. After this he was resident for two years at Finsbury

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Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai is the first modern hospital in India founded in 1664 at Fort St George of English East India Company in Chennai. Philip Bradford was the first appointed surgeon. The hospital was shifted to multiple positions & its 10th location

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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙨? Dr. Thomas Holbein Hendley, M.D (IMS) wrote in 1885 in his paper 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦

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King George's Medical College (University) was founded on the initiative of Raja Sir Tasadduq Rasul Khan to commemorate the visit to India in 1905 of the King Emperor George V. The foundation stone was laid down by George V in 1906 (1/2)

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The first temporary pacemaker manufactured in India was the Khalilullah-Mendez pacemaker, which was marketed in 1970. It was a single chamber fixed rate pacemaker with facility for adjustment of pacing rate and pacing current. The device was jointly developed by Prof. M.

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𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒 in 1901 noted: "It was in 1645 that Gabriel Boughton, Surgeon of the ship Hopewell, treated the Emperor Shah Jehan so successfully that as his reward he asked

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The 1st eye bank in India was started in 1945, just a year after the 1st eye bank was founded by Townley Paton in New york, at Madras Eye Infirmary (now, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Chennai) by Dr. R.E.S. Muthiah. Dr. Muthiah also performed the 1st corneal transplant in

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A very interesting news from 1874 Madras Medical College was asked to admit a woman so that lady doctor could be employed by Nizam. A married & 2 unmarried ladies applied but the principal didn't agree on admission because "laws of purity & modesty" should be maintained.

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How was Dr. Tehemton E. Udwadia introduced to laparoscopy & later went on to perform first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in India in 1990 at the JJ Hospital, Mumbai? In 1971 while waiting for the anaesthetist at the Breach Candy Hospital Dr. Tehemton E. Udwadia saw Dr. N.D.

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A doctor examining refugee patients who have arrived in Delhi after the #Partition of India in 1947 #Medical @aiims_newdelhi

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𝘿𝙤𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙩 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 The photograph shows picketing in front of Medical School at Bangalore (Bangluru) during examination during Quit India movement by the medical students & staff in 1942. #MedTwitter #Doctors @_KarishmaK

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𝑫𝒓. 𝑫.𝑲. 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏: 𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 Dr. Viswanathan was only 59 when he left the world but by that time he had contributed enough to put his name among greats of malariology. At the time of his death, Viswanathan was senior regional

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𝑫𝒓 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒌 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍 𝑵𝒂𝒅𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝑯𝑶’𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒚 Dr Noordeen was born in Keeranur, Tamil Nadu in 1933 & and had his

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When province of Bihar & Orissa was separated from Bengal in 1912, medical College was demanded but instead 18 seats were reserved in Calcutta Medical College for this province. In 1920 Maharaja of Darbhanga donated ₹ 5 lakhs for the establishment of medical College at Patna

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Dr. G. V Deshmukh or Dr. Gopalrao Deshmukh was the 1st National President of Indian Medical Association when formed in 1928. Dr. Deshmukh studied at Grant Medical College, Mumbai completed his MD in London. He worked at KEM Hospital & played instrumental role in opening of GS

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Dr. Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty is claimed to be the 1st Indian medical doctor to publish his findings in a modern medical journal. In 1852, the Medical Times & Gazette noted, "Dr.Chuckerbutty is, we believe, the first native of that clime (India) who has contributed to

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1st Indian to receive dialysis in May 1961 was Gopeshwar Prasad Sahi, Maharaja of Hathwa, Bihar, who had developed “chronic uremia", at CMC Vellore. Initial sessions were supervised by Dr Satoru Nakamoto, sent by Dr Willem Kolff, & trained Dr Phillip Koshy @arvindcanchi

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An advertisement of Swann-Morton Surgical blades from a 1952 edition of Indian Medical Gazette. It reads, "Made from the finest Sheffield steel, Swann-Morton surgical blades are individually tested for keenness and flawlessness-then sterilised and coated with pure Vaseline to

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Have you seen this rare video of Dr. Alexander Fleming (inventor of Penicillin) working in his laboratory ? @aiims_newdelhi @IMAIndiaOrg @wanmeher @hjkhan @kvijayraghavan @GaitiHasan @joshiamitabhevo @MoHFW_INDIA @Surgeon_General

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How Dr. Karsi N Dastur performed the first Open Heart Surgery in India? Dr. B. R. Kalke & Dr. R. A. Magotra wrote, “History, however, was made on 16 February, 1961. Hemlata, a 19 years old girl, with a large secundum Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) going into congestive cardiac

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Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill is the first medical doctor of Indian origin to practice in Canada. He went to Canada in 1949, passed Medical graduation in 1957 & started practicing in 1958. He runs a program in India for clean drinking water in rural Punjab which has been appreciated by

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Sushila Nayyar (1914-2001) was an MBBS & MD from Lady Hardinge Medical College. She served as personal physician to Mahatma Gandhi & Kasturba apart from setting up a hospital at Wardha for poor & later as Health Minister of India @shilpa_singhIAS @IASDrNidhiPatel

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Only 5 Men obtained M.D degree in British India b/w 1887 - 92 In period of 5 years from 1887 to 1892 only 3 Men in Bengal & 2 in Bombay obtained M.D while nobody received this degree in Madras & Punjab. No woman secured this degree. Only 47 people received M.B (equivalent to

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The 1st successful live donor kidney transplant in India was performed on 2nd February 1971 by Dr. Mohan Rao at CMC, Vellore with Dr. K V Johnny (nephrologist), Dr. Martin Isaac (Anaesthetist) & Dr. H S Bhat (Chief Urology) on Shanmugam (patient) (all in pic) @hjkhan

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Bhau Dajee was the 1st Indian doctor in Mumbai. When he died in 1874, @Nature wrote, "One of his latest and most important discoveries in medical science was the cure for leprosy, which he was on the point of perfecting when seized with paralysis." @joshiamitabhevo @hjkhan

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Sir Dr. A Lakshamanaswami Mudaliar passed MBBS from Madras Medical College, taught Obstetrics & Gynaecology there, became its 1st Indian Principal & wrote popular textbook for O&G He served as Chairman WHO (1949-50) & later UNESCO & was consulted during labour of Queen Elizabeth

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An archival photograph of Operation Theatre at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, clicked in 1921 @AnandhUrmila @gag_aggarwal @nivedita3004 @hellopragya22 @anuja_java @mishiHHM @priti899 @DrRamapriya @NishaIndica @doctorniikii

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Have you watched the film Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani? Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis was an Indian doctor who lost his live while treating Chinese soldiers in 1942 during the war Jawaharlal Nehru & Indira Gandhi in 1954 with Guo Qinglan, his widow, & Yinhua, his son @nirupamakotru

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Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis was an Indian pediatrician who pioneered Oral Rehydration Therapy in 1971. His findings published in 1973 led to WHO investing in Oral Rehydration & eventually saved millions of lives since then. @nikhilnihil @CSIR_NIScPR @hellopragya22 @serioustaurean

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The hospital record for January 1924 of Sassoon Hospital, Pune. You can see entry of Mahatma Gandhi on 12 January when he was operated for appendicitis. #MedTwitter #GandhiJayanti

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One of the earliest Glucometer invented in the early 20th century by Joseph Long of England This glucometer or sacchrometer is a type of hydrometer used to estimate the sugar content of a solution. The presence of sugar in a patient's urine is a sign of diabetes. This glucometer

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Did you know that Indian doctor Sir Upendranath Brahmachari was nominated 6 times for Nobel Prize for “Discovered ureastibamine (antimonial compound for treatment of kalaazar) and a new disease, post-kalaazar dermal leishmanoid” Kala Azar has been almost eradicated

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Shah Jehan created the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz. Sir Dorab Tata created the Tata Memorial Hospital in memory of his beloved Meherbai who succumbed to cancer @RNTata2000 @TataMemorial

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Archival photograph of a doctor injecting an Indian patient of Bubonic Plague in 1897 @IMAIndiaOrg @IASDrNidhiPatel @shilpa_singhIAS @sonalgoelias @drajaykumar_ias @dubey_ips @Lap_surgeon @drsfaizanahmad @CMCLudhiana @DevLadpura

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Dr. Mathra Das Pahwa was in the Time Magazine in 1951. He pioneered intracapsupar extraction of cataract & performed lakhs of surgeries for free. Mahatma Gandhi called his surgeries Yajna @DrKaushalMadan1 @autopsy_surgeon @IASDrNidhiPatel @Lap_surgeon @nirupamakotru

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𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 In 1912, 44 mobile dispensaries were commissioned in United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) to bring

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𝐻. 𝐸. 𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 1𝑠𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙 & 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐻𝑒

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Subhash Mukherjee (16 Jan 1931–19 June 1981) was an Indian scientist, physician from Hazaribagh, Bihar and Orissa(British India),who created the world's 1st child using in-vitro fertilisation. Kanupriya Agarwal (Durga), who was born in 1978,he committed suicide on 19 June 1981.

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𝑫𝑹. 𝑾𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵 𝑮𝑶𝑷𝑨𝑳 𝑲𝑨𝑵𝑬 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑴𝑶𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑵 𝑴𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑴𝑶𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟎 Dr. Impey brought Dr. Woman Gopal Kane from Bombay to Indore Hospital in 1850. He had been previously known to Dr. Impey, & whom he appointed to the

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1852 Final Examination Questions of the Calcutta Medical College #MedTwitter @ikpsgill1 @UCMSofficial @spinesurgeon @DrDeepakKrishn1 @VijayKher8 @autopsy_surgeon @drsfaizanahmad @Indian__doctor @karthik2k2 @hjkhan @deepakdeepak @AnandhUrmila @mishiHHM

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The 1852 Final year question paper of the Calcutta Medical College. Can you answer?

This is the final year question paper of Calcutta Medical College asked in 1852 comprising Surgery, Medicine, Anatomy & Physiology, Descriptive Anatomy, Botany, Materia Medica, Midwifery and Medical...

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"I am very proud to say that 1/3rd of the research publications from India are from Sankara Nethralaya in the field of Ophthalmology " Dr. S. S. Badrinath We pay tribute to Dr. Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath with this old interview of him with @ShekharGupta for @ndtv #MedTwitter

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In India of 1946, there were 47,000 doctors on the Medical Register, of which 13,000 were in government employment. The rest were in private practice. There were on an average less than 2 doctors per government institution. Less than 2.5% of villages had doctors practising modern

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𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 "In the European perception, one of the most striking incidents of the 1817-21 epidemic was the outbreak of cholera among troops of Lord Hastings's army,

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An archival photograph from 1915 clicked at Brighton, England showing two Indian doctors, an English doctor & a European nurse working for the British armed forces @MulaMutha @WHO @RedCross @aiims_newdelhi @MoHFW_INDIA @CSIR_NIScPR

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Dr. AUTAR SINGH PAINTAL studied from KGMU, Lucknow discovered several sensory receptors including atrial B receptors, pulmonary J-receptors, ventricular pressure receptors, stomach stretch receptors, and muscle pain receptors. He headed UCMS, VP Chest Institute & @ICMRDELHI

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Mahatma Gandhi being examined by a doctor in Kolkata in 1947. He had multiple health issues & wouldn't allow doctors to give him allopathic medicines. The same year he was asked to take Penicillin but he replied that now only "Ram naam" was his cure. #MedTwitter #GandhiJayanti

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Doctors were at the forefront of saving lives during #Partition of India in 1947. Lakhs of people were forced to leave homes & live in tents & rains posed a danger of epidemic. In this photograph a doctor in Delhi treats a refugee child @aiims_newdelhi @doctorniikii

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At the end of 1902, United Provinces (U.P & Uttarakhand) had 495 dispensaries with a dedicated Hospital for Police at Nainital. To start a dispensary locals had to promise annual ₹ 300 from subscriptions. Balrampur Hospital, Lucknow had private rooms & modern operation theatre

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Dr. Bholanath Bose alongwith Gopal Chunder Seal, Dwarkanath Bose & Soorjee Coomer Chuckerbutty were the first Indians to go to England to study medicine in 1845 under the guardianship of Dr Henry Goodeve & sponsored by Dwarka Nath Tagore & English East India Company. The Bhola

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Dr. Jacob Chandy, in 1949, established 1st neurosurgery department in south Asia at CMC, Vellore. In the 1st year he operated upon 130 patients, in 1955 started training neurosurgeons & thus CMC became 1st Indian institute to have super speciality program @DrPankajKGulati

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In 1938, senior doctors were paid ₹ 100 per month for teaching & seeing patients. Assistant Medical Officer got ₹ 20 per month. Doctor had to give at least 3 hours to the hospital & college and could see private patients when not on duty. #doctors

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Dr. Eddie Barucha was the first practicing clinical neurologist in Bombay (1951).Dr. Chandy helped start the first Department of Neurosurgery in India and was one of the founders of Neurological Society of India (NSI). @mukhjoydev @aiims_newdelhi @rhasanaiims

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In 1880, Dr. A. C. Kastagir, Assistant Surgeon of Calcutta (now Kolkata) reported a new disease in the city. In his report published in the March edition of the Indian Medical Gazette, he noted that medical practitioners with great experience told him that "the disease is

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The doctors of East India Medical Service were agitating against the low pay in India in 1860 as well.

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In 1873, The Indian Medical Gazette carried a 9 pages long report by Dr. James Wise (Civil Surgeon of Dhaka) on Dengue outbreak in Dhaka & other regions of Bengal. It was a new disease for doctors back then & he noted, "The oldest native physicians in the city of Dacca are unable

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Not related to medical sciences but still it needs to be shared

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If you are a brilliant scientist who made an epoch making discovery, but few have heard of you, does that discovery count? Now imagine you make another discovery that changes your field, but then the same sordid story repeats itself and your colleague bags the Nobel prize. No

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𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓷𝓪 𝓜𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵 𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓰𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓛𝓪𝓭𝔂 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝔃𝓸𝓷 𝓗𝓸𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 In the 1920s, princely state of Mysore "approved in January 1925 a proposal of that Government for the training of the

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An archival photograph of leprosy patients being treated at the hospital established by Isabel Kerr with the help of Raja Narsa Goud & Mir Osman Ali Khan in Hyderabad in 1915 @IMAIndiaOrg @FordaIndia @ICMR_NJILOMD @NLR_NoLeprosy @TLMIndia

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𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 ₹𝟓𝟓𝟎 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 The British Medical Journal in 1939 encouraged the British Women doctors to join the Women Medical Service in India. They wrote, "This Service is open

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K.M. Cherian (born 8 March 1942), is a heart surgeon. He performed India's Ist coronary artery bypass surgery and Ist heart transplant,is considered a pioneer of pediatric cardiac surgery in the country,former surgeon to the President of India & a Padma Shri awardee. @kmcherian

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𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢 & 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 In the 1880s Lady Dufferin's Fund was established to promote modern medical

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Violence against doctors is not new in India In 1936, Dr. Sidhashwarsen, whose father was president of Kanpur Medical Association, was called to attend a patient in Mumbai, where he practiced. The patient was a trap & he was kidnapped. £ 4000 were demanded from him.

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Medical supplies worth over $ 100,000 are presented to Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Union Health Minister, By H.E. Mr. George V. Allen, U.S. Ambassador in India, at a simple ceremony held in New Delhi on November 24, 1954 @USAndIndia @aiims_newdelhi @IndianEmbassyUS

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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 & 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈𝐂𝐒 On 2 January 1860, Sir James Outram, said in Council of India, "medical

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A 1948 advertisement of Godrej Hospital Equipments It reads, "Many leading hospitals throughout the country-including the famous Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bombay-have been furnished with modern Godrej steel equipment and furniture. They chose Godrej primarily for

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Dr. Maddock (surgeon who operated Gandhi in 1924) with Mahatma Gandhi, Madan Mohan Malviya & others. #GandhiJayanti2023

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A doctor inoculating an Indian child at a medical camp in Kolkata in 1894 @IMAIndiaOrg @IndianRedCross

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Famous scientist Lord Kelvin's letter to Wilhelm Röntgen congratulating him on the discovery of X-Rays written on 17 January, 1896 #MedTwitter

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Baptist Medical Mission Birthday Scheme: Interior of Ward, Bhiwani, 1915: The fundraising postcard includes a photograph of Indian women and children in the ward with nurses (at least some of whom are European) standing by @asifalikhan_1 @sundar_s1955

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