Prez honours AIIMS chief Randeep Guleria with Dr B C Roy award

President Pranab Mukherjee today honoured the director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Randeep Guleria, and chairman of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital D S Rana, along with 47 other doctors, with national awards for excellence in the field of medicine.
Mukherjee presented the Dr B C Roy National Awards for the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 to eminent medical personalities at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Both Guleria and Rana have been given the awards for the year 2014, as per an official release by the President's House.
While Guleria has been awarded under 'eminent medical person category', Rana has been honoured in the category 'to recognise the best talents in encouraging the development of specialities in different branches in medicines'.

Among the 49 awardees, including noted cardiologist Ashok Seth, as many as 15 doctors were given the award for the year 2014, 16 for 2015 and 18 for 2016.
"AIIMS Director and Head of Pulmonology Dr Randeep Guleria, Head of Orthopaedic Department Dr Rajesh Malhotra, Professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Dr J B Sharma and Professor in Orthopaedic Department Dr C S Yadav are among the awardees," a senior official of AIIMS said.

Guleria was recently appointed the head of the premier institute.
"Head of Urology Department Dr P N Dogra, Professor in Urology Department Dr Amlesh Seth, Professor in Cardiology Department Dr Rakesh Yadav and Professor in Department of Nuclear Medicine Dr Rakesh Kumar today also received the award," he said.

From the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Chairman (Board of Management) & Department of Nephrology Dr D S Rana and Chairman of Department of Chest & Thoracic Surgery Dr Arvind Kumar received the honour.
"This award is dedicated to my teachers and gurus... My message to all upcoming medical professionals is that hard work, sincerity and dedication will always make you succeed," Rana said.
Dr Kumar has been chosen in the 'Eminent Medical Person' category," a senior official of SGRH said.
The awards were instituted in 1976 in the memory of renowned physician and freedom fighter Dr B C Roy by Medical Council of India.