Padma Shri Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra Dies at 74 (Credit: Wikipedia, Facebook)
\n\nEminent neurosurgeon and a respected recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award, Dr. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra is no more. He was 74. The visionary institution builder, who was the Founder Director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar breathed his last at AIIMS New Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumour. He had been a former Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at the institution. Prior roles held by him included being the former Director of SGPGI Lucknow as well as the Principal Advisor (Health Sciences) and former Vice-Chancellor at Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University. A special condolence meeting was organised at the Main Auditorium of AIIMS Bhubaneswar and was visited by faculty members, officers, staff, students and residents, all of whom reflected on his extraordinary journey and contributions in his field.
\n\nThough Dr. Mahapatra built an evidently formidable career with innumerable milestones and achievements, a particularly career-defining moment in this long journey, was when he led the historic 16-hour craniopagus surgery at AIIMS to successfully separate cojoined twins Jaga and Balia from Odisha's Kandhamal district. The success of this surgery was a historic event in Indian medicine as it…
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