Dr. Baidyanath Chakrabarty
IVF pioneer Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty passes away in Kolkata
Kolkata/IBNS: Veteran reproductive medicine specialist Dr Baidyanath Chakrabarty, one of the pioneers in IVF research, passed away in Kolkata after a prolonged illness on Friday. He was 94.
The veteran physician was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Salt Lake since March following a massive cardiac arrest.
He had even undergone an angioplasty and was doing fine. But the veteran physician succumbed to stroke, pneumonia and other age-related health issues, his doctors told the media.
A gynaecologist par excellence, Chakrabarty collaborated with Subhash Mukherjee to work on infertility and test-tube babies.
CM Mamata Banerjee condoles:
Condoling his demise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a statement said that his passing away has caused irreparable damage to the field of medicine and research.
"He was a pioneer in the field of IVF or artificial insemination research and treatment in India. The Institute of Reproductive Medicine, founded by this veteran physician, has helped countless childless couples to have children," CM Banerjee said in a statement.
Dr Chakrabarty founded the Institute of Reproductive Medicine (IRM) in the year 1986 for artificial insemination research. He had handed it over to the ICMR in 2019.
The Bengal government had honoured him with a Lifetime Achievement Award in the year 2019.
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