Overview
- Prof. K. Lakshmi Bai, 100, donated Rs 3.4 crore of her self-earned savings to AIIMS Bhubaneswar’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on her birthday.
- AIIMS said the donation will be placed in a corpus, with interest funding research in gynaecological malignancy, community oncology for underserved patients, and preventive oncology.
- President Droupadi Murmu sent birthday wishes and commended the contribution as a significant example for public-spirited support of healthcare.
- The institute announced an Expert Supervisory Committee chaired by the executive director to ensure transparent use of the corpus.
- Senior AIIMS officials visited her Berhampur residence during centenary celebrations, and reports noted her decades-long career culminating in retirement from MKCG Medical College in 1986.