Overview
- Regional outlets report that Dr K Laxmi Bai’s Rs 3.40 crore contribution has cleared formal transfer steps, with a ceremonial handover planned for December 5.
- She has directed the funds to support gynecological oncology and the treatment of women cancer patients at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
- Identified as Dr K Laxmi Bai, also reported as Lakshmi or Lakshmibai, she is a 100-year-old retired gynaecologist from Berhampur.
- She studied in the first MBBS batch at SCB Medical College, later earned DGO and MD at Madras Medical College, and completed an MPH at Johns Hopkins.
- Her government medical career ran from 1950 to 1986, concluding as Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at MKCG Medical College, with former students now helping coordinate the donation.