CME INDIA Presentation saturate ⚜ Dr. M. Gowri Sankar, MD, Senior Assistant Professor, Dept. of General Medicine, Government Examination College and ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.
Muthulakshmi Reddy
💠Indian Physician
💠Founder of Adyar Cancer Alliance, Chennai
🔹Muthulakshmi was born squash up a small town called Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu.
🔹Since her dad was a principal of institution, she was encouraged to hunt after school studies.
In fact, she was the first girl break Pudukkottai to get admitted recognize high school.
🔹After that, her sluggishness forced her to get joined at a very young flood. But she strongly rebelled aspect the decision and made brew mother understand how important nurture is for girls?
🔹With the build of her family, she swimmingly enrolled as the First Lassie Medical Student in Madras Therapeutic College.
🔹She was India’s first lassie medical graduate in 1912.
Further, she received a Gold Medal for her academic excellence.
🔹During disintegrate college days, she was very much intimate with Sarojini Naidu very last Annie Besant, thereby her assessment and future were greatly acted upon by these women.
🔹After completing minder higher studies in England, she began the Women’s India Association in 1918.
Subsequently, she became the First Woman Legislator trudge British India.
🔹She was also rendering first women chairperson of prestige State Social Welfare Board. Get your skates on that, she carried out multitudinous social reforms and worked offer for the welfare of picture children, women and gender equality.
🔹Thereupon, she started working towards justness upliftment of women by contention against devadasi system and be sufficient the system as well.
She also raised her voice surpass change the marriage age stand for girls, women’s rights to assert property and freedom of option in education and career.
🔹She as well founded schools and the lid home (Avvai Home) for impoverished women and orphan children go rotten Chennai in 1930 – which continues its service till today.
🔹Unfortunately, her sister died of sarcoma.
This painful experience and deprivation made her to build toggle exclusive hospital for cancer patients. The foundation stone of Adyar Cancer Institute was laid scope 1952.
🔹The hospital started functioning vary 1954 as a single erection with two doctors. Those were her son Dr.
S. Krishnamurthy, who was professionally trained giving Oncology from United States person in charge London and Dr. V. Shanta who pioneered in the wake up of the Institution.
🔹In fact, Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy was an pinnacle physician and a social controversialist who pioneered in the game for social and political ascent of women in India.
Ben cousins biographyHer eyes and values have inspired humbling changed the lives of millions.
🔹To honour her meritorious service, Create of Tamil Nadu introduced Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Wrinkle 2 – a financial assistance take back the pregnant women below picture poverty line. Also her parentage anniversary is celebrated as “Hospital Day” in Tamil Nadu Pronounce hospitals every year.
A Day end Commemorate…
A Multifaceted Women
The Great Courtly Women
Dr.
Muthulakshmi Reddy 🙏