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

Purshottam Lal Wahi (1928-2000) was an Indian cardiologist[1] and the director of the department of cardiology at 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,[citation needed] 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]

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): 79–84. 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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