Doctor conferred Sikkim Sewa Samman

Governor LP Acharya and Chief Minister PS Tamang jointly presented the awards on Tuesday to Ashwini Kumar Chand, Resident Commissioner, Sikkim House New Delhi, Ganga Pradhan Secretary Women & Child Development Department, Tsewang Gyatso Secretary Health & Family Welfare and Dr DP Rai Cardiologist, New Government hospital, Sochyagang.

Also Read:Milestone Achieved: 1000 cardiac surgeries at Sikkim Hospital

They were presented Rs 1 Lakh, a citation, a shawl and a memento each.

Meanwhile, it was really elating for the Police here, when Raj Bhawan, Kolkata, announced the ‘Karamyogi Award of West Bengal Governor ‘for former Director General Police, Sikkim CM Ravindran IPS (77 batches). The KYAGWB has been instituted for the first time.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that top Indian American oncologist Dr Dattatreyudu Nori had been appointed senior advisor to the Chennai centre of the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York. Observing that the opening of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from New York in India – the first of its kind outside the United States -- “is a big deal,” Dr Nori said getting treatment of and consultations on cancer from the world’s best cancer institute would not only save a large number of lives but will also help increase awareness in the fight against the deadly disease. 

A 2017 Padma Shri awardee for his contribution to the field of medicine, Dr Nori said he wants to bring the best practices of cancer treatment from the United States to India. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center opened its first-ever overseas centre in Chennai last August, and in March this year, Dr Nori was appointed as its senior advisor.

Also Read:AIIMS Bhopal Dr Abhinav Singh honoured with Dental Public Health Academic Award