Mangalore, KARNATAKA :

Indian Medical Association will honour four doctors on Friday on the occasion of Doctors’ Day celebration in recognition of their professional excellence, service to society, and service to the IMA. Doctors’ Day is observed in memory of legendary physician and second Chief Minister of West Bengal B.C. Roy.

The doctors being felicitated are: I.G. Bhat, Parvathi Bhat, Y.M. Hegde, and D.K. Abdul Hameed. Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy will be the chief guest, according to an IMA press release.

The IMA said Dr. Abdul Hameed, who did his MBBS in 1968 and post graduation in TB and Chest Diseases in 1979 from the Government Medical College, Mysore, served the Health and Family Welfare Services of the Government of Karnataka from 1970 to 1997. For eight years, he served the Wenlock Hospital here and six years in the Primary Health Centre, Bajpe, and 14 years as a District Tuberculosis Officer. He had received the Best District T.B. Programme Award in 1990 and Meritorious Service Award in 1996 from the State government. He was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Shiromani Award from the National Integration and Economic Council, New Delhi, for outstanding individual achievements and distinguished services to the nation for 2006-07.

The release said I.G. Bhat, serving as professor of Neurology, Kasturba Medical College here, has attended various national and international conferences. He has served as president of Dakshina Kannada chapters of IMA and the Association of Physicians of India. He did his MBBS from Mysore Medical College in 1965, MD (Medicine) from KMC Mangalore in 1970, DM from NIMHANS, Bangalore, in 1975.

Dr. Parvathi Bhat, retired professor of Pharmacology, worked in various capacities from tutor to professor and Head of the Department in KMC, Mangalore. She was the Chief Superintendent of Examinations and has edited and published the book, Drug Formulary in 1994. She did her MBBS from Mysore Medical College (MMC) in 1965, MD from KMC here in 1973. She received “Lady Dufferin Silver Medal” for being the best outgoing student of MMC from the President, the IMA release said.

It said Dr. Hegde, an ENT Surgeon, who was awarded D.L.O.R.C.S. from the Royal College of Surgeons, England, in 1976, served in different hospitals in the U.K. till 1979. On his return, he served the Father Muller Hospital as consultant for two years. He worked as Assistant Professor at KMC, Mangalore, till 1988 and served in the Ministry of Health at Muscat from 1988 to 1992. He served the Father Muller Medical College from 1999 to 2008 as Prof. and HoD, ENT. At present, he is serving the institution as Honorary Professor and is on its Trust Committee. He did his MBBS from KMC, Manipal, in 1968, M.S. (ENT) from King George Medical College, Lucknow.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mangalore – July 01st, 2011