Odisha: Dr Lakshmi Bai Donates Rs 3.4 Crore Life Savings to AIIMS for Cancer Care

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In a heartwarming gesture ahead of her 100th birthday, Dr Lakshmi Bai, a renowned gynecologist from Berhampur, has donated her entire life savings of Rs 3.4 crore to AIIMS Bhubaneswar. The retired doctor, who belonged to the first MBBS batch of SCB Medical College, Cuttack, stated: 'In Odisha, we don't have the treatment for cancer, so that's why I gave this money.' Dr Lakshmi Bai, who completed her MD from Madras Medical College in 1958 and retired from government service in 1986, aims to support underprivileged women cancer patients with this contribution.

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00:00And I want to end tonight's show with a good news story of a doctor in Odisha who's giving

00:05her way her life savings to help cancer patients. You want to meet Dr. Lakshmi Bai in our good news

00:12today's story. As I say goodbye, Shubratri, Jai Hind, Namaskar. Namaste. Bye for now.

00:23Dr. Lakshmi Bai, a renowned gynecologist from Bairampur,

00:28will celebrate her 100th birthday on Friday. The doctor who served society for several decades

00:35now wants to help women cancer patients. Dr. Lakshmi Bai is donating her life savings,

00:423 crore and 40 lakh rupees to AIMS Bhubaneshwar.

00:50Always I think of God. So I want to do something for that.

00:56So in Odisha, we don't have the key point for cancer. So that's why I gave us money.

01:04The trailblazer in her field, Dr. Lakshmi Bai, belonged to the first MBBS batch at the SCB Medical

01:11College in Katak. She completed her MD in obstetrics and gynecology from Madras Medical College in

01:191958. Dr. Lakshmi Bai retired from the government service in 1986.

01:27With Ajay Nath, Bureau Report, India Today.

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