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Gold Medallist Doctor From KGMU, Uttar Pradesh To Build A Hospital In His Village Kallipatti In Tamil Nadu
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The lack of hospitals for about 100 kilometres from his village Kallipatti in Tamil Nadu is what sparked the desire of Dr Meghanathan, who is a farmer’s son, to study medicine and make a career out of it, as reported by TOI.
The young doctor who was awarded the Pandit Shitla Charan Bajpai Gold Medal for being the best postgraduate student in paediatrics for 2018, on Tuesday (October 30) said that he would go back to help his village by setting up a hospital for children.
Dr Meghananthan struggled during the earlier years of his life where he had to study while helping his father in tilling and farming on the land owned by the family.
“I used to get up at 2 am and studied for medical entrance till 8 am. Then I went to school and on returning, worked on the farm with my father," he said.
Meanwhile, the prestigious Prof N K Agarwal gold medal for scoring highest in MDS (Prosthodontics) and Crown & Bridge was won by Dr Snehkiran Raghuvanshi.
She said, "I always wanted to become a dentist, and after getting the second rank in UPPGME, I got enrolled in KGMU. Since my sister is a pathologist, I wanted to do something different and joined dentistry."
Dr Arohi Gupta won the Thakur Ulfat Singh gold medal for being the best student in MD (paediatrics)."It was my parent's dream that I should become a doctor. Over time, I started dreaming the same too. I want to open an NGO for free treatment of poor patients.", she said.
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