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PUD NO_948-98 AE |
| Subject | : | ST Thomas's Hospital Medical School - Bhatia Medal |
| Size | : | 64 mm |
| Metal | : | Copper |
| Year | : | 1948 |
| Description | : | obv. Indian woman standing in sari holding baby. Various Indian buildings in background, around border : SHRIMATI - RAJKISHORIE - SOHANLAL - BHATIA, rev. In centre shield of hospital on a bed of petals. On shield various medical symbols. Around border : ST - THOMAS'S - HOSPITAL - MEDICAL - SCHOOL -
Sohan Lal Bhatia was house surgeon and ophthalmic house surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital. He had a very distinguished medical career having joined the Indian Medical Service in 1917 and becoming Professor of Physiology at Grant Medical College in Bombay, then it’s dean and principal. Rose to become deputy director-general in the I.M.S. |
