Subodh Mitra is the founder of the "Mitra operation" for cervical cancer.
13 Facts About Subodh Mitra
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Subodh Mitra was born on 1 November 1896 in Jessore.
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Subodh Mitra graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1922.
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Subodh Mitra saw the plight of female patients as an undergraduate and took up the Obstetrics and Gynecology as his career.
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Subodh Mitra has gone to Germany and completed post graduation in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2 years.
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Subodh Mitra returned to India and started working in R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta as Resident Surgeon and Assistant Superintendent.
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Subodh Mitra was appointed as Dean of the faculty of Medicine and member of the Senate of the Academic council of the University of Calcutta.
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Subodh Mitra became the Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta.
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Subodh Mitra was later appointed as Vice-chancellor of the University of Calcutta in 1960.
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Subodh Mitra was awarded Honoris causa of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Germany and Italy for his scientific contribution in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Subodh Mitra built Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital in 1950 with handsome donation to Deshbandhu Memorial Trust in Calcutta.
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Subodh Mitra died on 5 September 1961 in Vienna while attending the 3rd International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Dr Mitra developed a technique in the surgery of Cervical cancer.