K.G.Hospital centenary celebrations
‘Doctor par Excellence’ awardees M. Vijaykumar (third left), Chief Oncologist, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, B.K. Rao (fourth left), Chairman, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, and S. Rammurti (second right), Head of the Department, Radiology and Imaging, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad at the centenary celebrations of the founder of K.G. Hospital, K. Govindaswamy Naidu, in the city on Sunday. (From left) Managing Director of KG Information Systems Ltd., Ashok Bakthavathsalam, Chairman of the Hospital, G.Bakthavathsalam, State Secretary of Health, V.K. Subburaj, Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank, M.B.N. Rao, and Chairman and ManagWith millions of patients suffering from diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, and diabetes in the country, it is essential to provide the best healthcare to all, the Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Tamil Nadu, V. K. Subburaj, said here on Sunday.He was speaking at the centenary celebrations of K. Govindaswamy Naidu, founder of K.G. Hospital and the 33rd anniversary of the hospital.“Every year the country lost about four lakh people to tuberculosis. Nearly a million new cancer cases were reported every year.Hence, it was essential to have and give the best healthcare to all,” he said.
It was estimated that the country needed more than a million nurses for its hospitals and many more with the demand in foreign countries. The State had more than 100 nursing institutions, he said.Offering his tributes to the founder of the hospital, B.K. Rao, chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, said it was essential to extend cutting edge technology in medicine to the common man too. The Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank, MBN Rao, said medical science, like Information Technology, was the pride of the country and it would have a leading role to play in the future. The Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank, M. S. Sundara Rajan, also offered felicitations.The Chairman of K.G. Hospital, G. Bakthavathsalam, said over 30 lakh patients had been treated by the hospital and it planned to start an awareness programme and educate about a million people on how to avoid a heart attack.
He pointed out that it was the service of the doctors and nurses that made a hospital and not just the building and equipment.The Doctor par Excellence award was presented to Dr. B.K. Rao, Dr. S. Rammurti (Head of the Department of Radiology and Imaging, NIMS, Hyderabad) and M. Vijay Kumar, Chief Oncologist, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.
