Purshottam Lal Wahi

Purshottam Lal Wahi was an Indian cardiologist[1] and the director of the department of cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.[2][3] Born in Sargodha in the Punjab province of the erstwhile British India on 4 December 1928 to Bindra Ban Wahi and Devki Devi, he was an honorary fellow of the Indian Society of Cardiology[4] and is credited with several publications on cardiology.[5][6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1983.[7]

Purshottam Lal Wahi
Born4 December 1928
Sargodha, Punjab, British India
OccupationCardiologist
Spouse(s)Pushpa
Parent(s)Bindra Ban Wahi
Devki Devi
AwardsPadma Shri

References

  1. "Talwar to be new PGI Director". The Tribune. 10 February 2004. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  2. "History of Soymilk and Other Non-Dairy Milks (1226-2013)". Soyinfo Center. 2013. ISBN 9781928914587. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. M Satpathy (2008). Clinical Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease. Jaypee Brothers Publishers. p. 392. ISBN 9788184481617.
  4. "Honorary fellowships, oration and gold medals awardee of ISC". Indian Society of Cardiology. 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. P L Wahi (January 1968). "Cardiopathy in Muscular Dystrophy". Chest. 53 (1). doi:10.1378/chest.53.1.79.
  6. American College of Physicians and Laennec Society of Philadelphia (1959). Diseases of the Chest. World Bank Publications. p. 1015.
  7. "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.


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