Jaiveer Agarwal
| Jaiveer Agarwal | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 24, 1930 |
| Died |
November 16, 2009 (aged 79) Chennai |
| Residence | Chennai |
| Citizenship | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Medicine & Ophthalmology |
| Known for | Research in Ophthalmology |
Jaiveer Agarwal (24 September 1930 - 16 November 2009) is a renowned Indian ophthalmologist.[1] He also founded founder of Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals. He was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan for medicine from then President of India A P J Abdul Kalam in March 2006.[2]
Early life
Jaiveer Agarwal was born to Dr. R.S. Agarwal.
Career
Jaiveer Agarwal went to Madras along with his wife and set up a small clinic there.
Apart from running the hospital in Chennai, he went from village to village around the city, screening lakhs of patients, treating them and operating on them. Among his achievements remembered even today were hard-nosed campaigns for eye donation to treat corneal blindness, and correcting refractive errors among schoolchildren.
Death
Jaiveer Agarwal died on 16 November 2009.
Personal life
Jaiveer Agarwal is married to Tahira Agarwal, an ophthalmologist and has a son Dr Amar Agarwal, an ophthalmologist and a daughter, Sunita Agarwal, who runs the hospital. The death of his wife in April this year affected him his health badly.
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