Dr. Shiva Prasad wins Dr. K. S Sanjivi Award 2010

Featured in earlier post, "Real World Heroes", Dr. Shiva Prasad Sahoo, an Ophthalmologist who runs the NGO Trilochan Netralaya dedicated to the cause of eradicating preventable blindness in some of the most poorest and neglected parts of Orissa, has won the coveted Dr. K. S Sanjivi Award 2010.

Dr. K. S Sanjivi Award was instituted by CIOSA and Udhavum Ullangal in the year 2004 in memory of Dr.K.S Sanjivi, the doyen of Community Health Care in Chennai and founder of Voluntary Health Services, Taramani. This award is given anually to the young doctors and institutions who have served the poor beyond the call of duty without compromising professional excellence. So far 35 Doctors and 9 institutions have been awarded.

The following is the complete list of the awardees

Dr.P Amutha Rajeswari (Paediatrician, Madurai)
Dr.Shiva Prasad Sahoo (Opthalmologist, Odisha)
Dr Sarala Rajajee (Paediatric Haematologist,Immunologist, Chennai)
Dr. L. Muthusamy (ENT Surgeon,Madurai)
Dr. K.Vanaja (Public Health Specialist, Chennai)
Dr.R.Krishnamoorthy (Plastic Surgeon, Chennai)
DrJ S Sathya Narayana Murthy (Cardiologist,Chennai)
Dr.Subramaniya Bharathiyar (Anaesthetist, Chennai)