Odisha doctor donates Rs 3.4 crore for AIIMS to improve women’s cancer care

 Days before turning 100, renowned doctor Dr K Lakshmi Bai has donated her life savings of Rs 3.4 crore to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for cancer care of women.

The doctor, who is scheduled to become a centenarian on December 5, was a former professor of MKCG Medical College in Berhampur.



She retired from service in 1986.

The gynaecologist said that while practising, she encountered many women who died due to the unavailability of proper cancer treatment in the State. “I hope the amount donated by me is utilised for the benefit of such poor and helpless women,” she said.