Mani Kumar Chetri

Mani Kumar Chetri is an Indian cardiologist, a former director of West Bengal State Health Services and a former director of the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata.[2] He is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences[3] and a recipient of the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1974.[4]

Mani Kumar Chetri
Born23 May 1920 [1]
Teesta Valley, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
OccupationCardiologist
Parent(s)P. L. Singh Chettri
H. M. Chettri.
AwardsPadma Shri

Biography
AMRI Hospital, Dhakuria

Mani Kumar Chetri was born on the 23rd May,1920 in Teesta Valley T.E.,[5] one of the oldest tea gardens situated on the banks of Teesta River in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal,[6] in a gorkha family[7] to P. L. Singh Chettri and H. M. Chettri.[2] He did his early schooling at the Darjeeling Municipal Primary School and Turnbull High School and completed his matriculation from the Government High School, Darjeeling in 1936.[2] After passing his intermediate examination from St. Paul's Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata, he secured a graduate degree in medicine (MBBS) from the Government Medical College, Calcutta and the degree of FRCP from London on government scholarship in 1956.[2]

Chetri joined the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital in 1960 as the director and a professor of the department of cardiology.[2] In 1976, he was appointed as the Director of West Bengal Health Services in 1976[5] and served as the personal doctor of the then chief minister, Jyoti Basu.[8] In 1997, when the Advanced Medical Research Institute was started in Dhakuria,[5] Chetri was made the managing director, but he continued his association with PGIMER as an advisor.[2] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of Padma Shri in 1974.[4]

Hospital fire controversy

On 9 December 2011, a fire broke out at the AMRI Hospitals, Dhakuria, where Chetri was serving as the managing director, leading to the death of 93 people.[5][9] He was arrested on 27 January 2012, at the age of 92, as the licence of the hospital was in his name, and was remanded to police custody.[10] Police also arrested thirteen people connected with the establishment and cancelled the licence of the hospital.[10] Chetri was however granted bail later.[10][11] The incident created media headlines and the political parties such as Gorkha Janmukti Morcha and All India Gorkha League criticized the police action against the aged doctor.[5][8] There were also reports that the All India Trinamool Congress led West Bengal government's actions were politically motivated as Chetri was the personal doctor of late Jyoti Basu, a former chief minister of West Bengal and a Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Moni Kumar Chetri after Bidhanchandra Roy in West Bengal's Health Services". ABP Ananda (in Bengali). Today in Focus. 31 May 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "Personality of the Month". Darjeeling Times. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  3. "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. "GJM cries foul in arrest of Padmashree Doctor in AMRI case". I Sikkim. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  6. "Dazzling Darjeeling". Darjeeling Times. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  7. "Notable Indian Gorkhas". World Gorkha Foundation Trust. 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  8. "All India Gorkha League (AIGL) condemns the arrest of Dr. Mani Kumar Chettri". Mungpoo News. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  9. "Dr Mani Chhetri, Dr Pronab Dasgupta arrested in AMRI fire case". India Medical Times. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  10. "AMRI MD Mani Chettri granted interim bail". Hindustan Times. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  11. "AMRI Hospital MD granted interim bail". IBN Live. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
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