Dr.
Govindappa Venkataswamy
Google today pays tribute to Dr Govinda Venkataswamy, an
ophthalmologist, on his 100th birth anniversary with a doodle.
Dr.
Govindappa Venkataswamy, known to friends and patients as Dr. V, is the founder
of the renowned Aravind Eye Hospital. Started as a small entity with 11 beds,
the hospital has changed the way ailments related to eyes are treated in the
country.
Dr.
Govindappa Venkataswamy was born on October 1, 1989 in Tamil Nadu's
Vadamalapuram. At an early age of 30, Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy was
permanently crippled by rheumatoid arthritis. However, despite his own health
issues, nothing could stop him from what he wanted to do.
Dr.
Govindappa Venkataswamy attended a school in his village where students would
write on sand which collected from riverbank as there was no pencil and paper.
He then went on to study Chemistry at American College in Madurai. He then
earned a degree of M.D. from Stanley Medical College in Madras in 1944.
After
passing out of medical school, Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy joined the Indian
Army Medical Corps for a career in obstetrics - a branch of medicine related to
pregnancy and child birth. However, his career with the Army was short lived as
he was crippled with rheumatoid arthritis. It was so severe that Dr. Govindappa
Venkataswamy was bedridden for about a year.
However,
he returned to medical school and earned a degree in ophthalmology in
1951. He learned the procedures of surgery to remove cataract, one of the main
causes of blindness.
A
blog post on Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy by Google says, "Dr. V could
perform 100 surgeries in a day. Addressing the problem of blindness in a
holistic fashion, he set up eye camps in rural communities, a rehab center for
blind people, and a training program for ophthalmic assistants, personally
performing over 100,000 successful eye surgeries."
In
1973, Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy was conferred the Padmashree award for his
outstanding service to the nation.
Dr.
Govindappa Venkataswamy set up the Aravind Eye Hospital in late 1970s. The
hospital was financed by doctors mortgaging their homes and donating own
furniture, notes the post by Google. It adds, "Today Aravind Eye Hospital
has nearly 4,000 beds performing over 200,000 eye surgeries each year, with 70%
of patients paying little or nothing."
Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy died on July 7, 2006 at the age of
87.
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