Namperumalsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital chairman, passes away in Madurai

Born in July 9, 1940, in a small hamlet with an agricultural background in Theni district, he did his MBBS from Madurai Medical College and moved to Boston, USA, to pursue greater training. He was the primary retina specialist within the nation. He practised within the Erskine Hospital Madurai, (now referred to as Government Rajaji Hospital) earlier than beginning his personal enterprise, his elder son N. Venkatesh Prajna, mentioned.

Dr. Namperumalsamy acquired the Padma Shri in 2007 for his immense contributions within the area of Ophthalmology. He acquired a number of awards by the course of an illustrious, and lengthy profession.

The cremation is predicted to be carried out at Ambasamudram in Theni district on Friday (July 25). He leaves behind his spouse Nachiar and two sons – Venkatesh Prajna and Vishnu Prasad.

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Amar Agarwal, chairman, Dr. Agarwals Group of Eye Hospitals mentioned Dr. Namperumalsamy was a doyen in Ophthalmology. “What the Aravind eye care group has created below his management is simply phenomenal. His contribution shouldn’t be solely within the variety of sufferers he handled, which was enormous, but in addition the variety of medical doctors he educated. All these medical doctors are treating sufferers all around the world and serving to eradicate blindness. The legacy he has left being will stay ceaselessly.”

Mohan Rajan, chairman and medical director, Rajan Eye Care Hospital, mentioned, “Dr NAM is not any extra, however his legacy lives on. Very not often can we see a mixture of an ideal trainer, nice clinician, unbelievable surgeon, nice researcher, good speaker and an ready administrator in a single individual, he was all of this,” he mentioned.

Dr NAM, together with Dr Badrinath, was one of many earliest movers so far as the vitreoretinal surgical procedure was involved on this a part of the world. “He is a good inspiration, a job mannequin and a motivation for all of the ophthalmologists within the nation and the world over. He has actually put India in a distinguished place on this planet map of Ophthalmology,” he added.

C. Ramasubramanian, psychiatrist and founder M.S. Chellamuthu Trust & Research Foundation mentioned Dr NAM was involved for the differently-abled inhabitants. He was instrumental in popularising the ‘Arvind mannequin’ which tried to take ophthalmological care to all individuals no matter passing capability. Dr. NAM had additionally advocated for group psychiatry, in an effort to make it extra accessible, Dr CRS mentioned and recalled an occasion the place the late President APJ Abdul Kalam was amazed throughout his go to to Aravind Eye Hospital over the seamless doctor-patient care rendered on a mass scale.

Hari Thiagarajan, managing director, Thiagarajar Mills mentioned Dr NAM was Madurai’s pleasure. “He was an alumni of Thiagarajar College and a nicely wisher of the establishment. He continued the visionary path set by the founding father of Aravind Eye Care and offered the group with ethical and excellent management. Under his tutelage, Aravind expanded and grew in nice measure. “He was a mild individual and look after the betterment of society particularly, the agricultural India,” Mr. Thiagarajan added.