Cachar Cancer Hospital Director Dr. Ravi Kannan conferred with Padma Shri
On Friday, renowned oncologist and Director of Cachar Cancer Hospital Dr. Ravi Kannan has been announced as one of the recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri awards.
DD News in its post called him the medical messiah of cancer patients in remote Barak Valley, DD posted:
Ravi Kannan
Padma Shri | Medicine (Oncology) | Assam pic.twitter.com/bUbf82McxZ— DD News (@DDNewslive) January 25, 2020
Dr. Kannan is a surgical oncologist and was heading the surgical department at the prestigious Adyar Cancer Institute in Chennai. The Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Center was founded in 1992 by a few independent individuals. The then director had known Dr. Kannan personally and used to visit him in Chennai at regular intervals. Patients who could afford was referred to him from Silchar.
In 2007, on one such occasion, when the director called Dr. Kannan to talk about a patient, Kannan replied he had quit Adyar Cancer Institute and that is when the director offered him to join Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Center located in Meherpur, Silchar. That is how Silchar got a lifeline, a lamp that people believe can help them in their darkest nights.
To know more about Dr Ravi Kanan here
On the eve of Republic Day complete list of Padma Awards were announced. Along with Dr Kanan, other recipients from Assam included Dr Kushal Konwar Sarma (Medicine), Jogendra Nath Phukan (Literature and Education), Lil Bahadur Chettri (Literature and Education), Indira PP Bora (Assam).
The Padma Vibhushan for this year has been awarded to a total of seven prominent personalities, while 16 have been given the Padma Bhushan and 118 have been conferred with Padma Shri.
Former Nagaland Chief Minister S.C. Jamir and Jammu and Kashmir politician Muzaffar Hussain Baig have been awarded the Padma Bhushan.
Former Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, sportsperson M.C. Mary Kom, Hindustani classical singer Chhannulal Mishra and Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt (posthumous) are the other Padma Vibhushan awardees.
Industrialists Anand Mahindra and Venu Srinivasan have been awarded the Padma Bhushan. Producer Ekta Kapoor, director Karan Johar, actor Kangna Ranaut and singer Adnan Sami will receive the Padma Shri.
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