Sengamedu Srinivasa Badrinath, the founder of one in all India’s largest charitable eye hospitals, died in his sleep at his residence in Chennai on November 21. He was 83. Here, we’ve listed 5 facts about the Sankara Nethralaya founder.
Five facts about the Sankara Nethralaya founder
- He was born on February 24, 1940, in Triplicane, Chennai. He misplaced his dad and mom throughout his teenage years. He pursued Medicine and graduated from Madras Medical College in 1962, securing the highest marks in Opthalmology in the college examination. After completion of his commencement, he moved to the United States, the place he accomplished his postgraduate research in ophthalmology at Grasslands Hospital, New York University Postgraduate Medical School, and Brooklyn Eye and Ear Infirmary between 1963 and 1968.
- He met his soulmate Dr Vasanthi Iyengar, a paediatrician in the US, whom he married in 1967. The couple gave up a profitable profession in the US to return to India in 1970. In the US, he labored at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston underneath the steering of Dr Charles L Schepens till 1970.
- He labored at the Voluntary Health Services and Vijaya hospitals for six years in India. After that, he arrange a non-public apply in ophthalmology and vitreoretinal surgical procedure at HM Hospital (1970 to 1972) and Vijaya Hospital, Chennai (1973 to 1978).Â
- In 1978, he based the Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, a non-profit ophthalmic group. The institute has performed an essential function in reworking the panorama of eye care in India. Dr. Badrinath constructed the hospital by way of donations which have now grow to be a major heart that gives free remedy to the economically weaker sections apart from coaching a era of ophthalmologists and paramedics.Â
- For his charitable works all through the years, he obtained the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree Award from the authorities of India.Â
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