essay on dr tatyarao
lahane
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Tatyarao Lahane was a Dean of Grant Medical College and J. J. Hospital, Mumbai, and an ophthnmologist who set a world record with more than 162,000 cataract surgeries. He was awarded Padma Shri award in 2008, the 4th highest civilian award in India
Lahane was born in a small village named Makegaon in Latur district of Maharashtra state in farmer's family on 12 February 1957 to father Pundlikrao and mother Anjanabai. He belongs to Denotified Tribes (Vanjari Samaj).[4] He is one of seven children of the couple.[5] At a young age, both of his kidneys were not functioning and his mother donated one of her kidneys to him.
As an ophthalmologist
Before Lahane took over as Dean of JJ Hospital he was head of the department of ophthalmology. As an ophthalmologist he arranged many cataract camps nationwide and also in JJ Hospital. In 2007 he did his 100,000th cataract surgery in JJ Hospital which was attended by then-Chief Minister of Maharashtra Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is credited for modernizing the ophthalmology department of JJ Hospital.[