DOCTORS AWARDED FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICES
Ekam Foundation and Udhavum Karangal, Two NGO s jointly honoured
eight doctors with Dr. K.S Sanjiv
Award in a function held on the Occasion of Doctors in Chennai on Sunday . V K Subburaj
, Secretary to Health and Family Welfare
who was the Chief Guest of the
function handed over the awards to the
Doctors.. Awarded included a citation and a laser itched trophy.
The Awardees were:
Dr Amutha Rajeswari , Assistant
Professor of Paediatrics ,
Dr Shiva Prasad Sahoo,an
Opthamalogist . Founder Director of
Triochan Netralaya . Dedicate himself to elimianate avoidable blindness in the povertu stricken areas of
Western Odisha.
Dr Sarala Rajajee Paediatric
Haemotologist, Immunologist , Mehta Hospital, Chennai.She provides food
, Hospitalization expenses and drugs for
the poor patients.
Dr Muthusamy, ENT Surgeon,
Madurai. A general Practioner who has done more than 1000 free medical c amps.
Dr Vanaja, Joint Director Public Health Services and Preventive
Medicine . She has initiated private –public partnership for bringing up Medavakkam Public Health
center as a Country Model.
Dr R Krishnamurthy, Hand Micro Surgeon, Professor and HOD, Hand & Reconstruction Dept and a
Senior Civil Surgeon , Stanley Medical College . He has been instrumental
in fast tracking the development of the department and applying technology
making the services available in the Primary health Centers.
Dr J S Sathya Narayana Murthy,
Professor and and HOD Cardiac Catherization laboratory, Sri Ramachandra Meical
University . He has helped more than 35 children to get free surgery.
Dr Subramanya Bharathiyar,
Professor and HOD of Anesthesia, Chief Anesthetist, Stanley Medical
College Chennai. He has conducted
innumerable free surgical camps in and around Chennai
Shri Subburaj in his
speech felicitated the doctors
saying that they have been awarded
and recognized for their yeomen service to the community. All of them
have show n exceptional commitment, going beyond their normal call of duties.
Further in his speech V K Subburaj was highlighting the excellent Public Health
Center system in Tamilnadu. According to him US Consultant General has
appreciated the system and WHO have documented the same for reference model to
other developing countries. He said that
India needs more than 650 Medical Colleges and Tamilnadu is leading in
establishing more Medical colleges with the aim of reaching out to rural
people.
Dr R Krishnamurthy in his
acceptance speech said that Government
Hospital especially Stanley Medical
College is well equipped and well
staffed to provide better medical
services than even the corporate
hospitals .
EKAM-Foundation is a community Pediatrics project to provide complete
and ho9listic health care to underprivileged children through private-public
partnership. Udhavum Ullangal is a NGO founded with sole objective of
serving the people in distress.
