S. I. Padmavati
S. I. Padmavati | |
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Born | cardiologist, Director National Heart Institute, Delhi Founder-president, All India Heart Foundation | 20 June 1917
Years active | 1953–2020 |
Scientific career | |
Academic advisors | Paul Dudley White Helen B. Taussig |
Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati (20 June 1917 – 29 August 2020) was an Indian
Early life and education
Padmavati was born to a barrister in Burma (now Myanmar) on 20 June 1917. She had three brothers and two sisters.[8]
Hers was the story of an indomitable spirit, cultivated during the gory days of the Second World War. Japan's invasion of Myanmar in 1942 forced Padmavati, her mother and sisters to flee Myanmar for Coimbatore, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leaving their male relatives behind. The family was only reunited once the war ended in 1945.
She received an
Subsequently, after finishing her FRCP, she moved to
Career
Back in India, she started her career in 1953, as a lecturer at Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi, where she opened a cardiology clinic. In 1954, she was among the first few women cardiologists in India, later as an examiner with Medical Council of India she started the first DM in cardiology in India.[12] She founded the All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) in 1962, with group of physicians and industrialist Ashok Jain of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.[13][14]
She joined
During the 1970s, she was the chief administrator of 3 major institutions at the same time - Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital and G.B.Pant hospital. She retired as the Director (Principal) of the Maulana Azad Medical college, in 1978.[16]
Post retirement, she set up the National Heart Institute (NHI) under AIHF, in
Padmavati became a fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, in 2007, at the age of 90, making her the most senior fellow of the ESC.[17]
Awards and honors
- Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor (1967)
- Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor (1992)
Death
On 29 August 2020, Padmavati died from complications due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India at the National Heart Institute in New Delhi.[9] She was aged 103 at the time of her death, and was the oldest living doctor in India. Her body was cremated at a special COVID-19 crematorium at Punjabi Bagh in New Delhi.
References
- ^ Dr. S. Padmavati: Chief Consultant In Cardiology Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine NHI website.
- ^ Expert Profile: Dr S Padmavati Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine NDTV.
- WHOIndia.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "List of Fellows — NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- Indian Express). March 2007. Archivedfrom the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati". the-women-of-hopkins. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Matters Of Heart". The Financial Express. 29 September 2002. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Eminent Cardiologist Dr S Padmavati Dies Of COVID-19 At 103". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Prominent doctors honoured with the Wockhardt Medical Excellence Awards Archived 11 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine 17 February 2003.
- ^ Development of Cardiac surgery in India Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Awareness on cardiac health vital". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ a b "SI Padmavati: India's 1st female cardiologist dies of Covid at 103 | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. 31 August 2020. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Dr O. P. Yadava (31 August 2020). "The heart doctor with a big heart passes away | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Fifth World Congress of Cardiology" (PDF). British Medical Journal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ National Award winners Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Maulana Azad Medical College website.
- ^ "A Centenarian Fellow". www.escardio.org. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.