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Indian director of the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre, Dr. H L Trivedi, inspects an x-ray photograph of a kidney transplant....
Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi
Indian nephrologist (1932–2019)
Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker "H.
Dr.
L." Trivedi (31 August 1932 – 2 October 2019) was an Indian nephrologist, immunologist, transplant surgeon and stem cell researcher.
He was a pioneer of transplantation medicine in India and a founding director of the Kidney Hospital in Ahmedabad.
He and his team performed more than 5200 kidney transplantations. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2015.
Early life
Trivedi was born on 31 August 1932 in the village of Charadva near Halvad (now in Morbi district, Gujarat).[1][2] His father Laxmishankar Trivedi was a teacher.[3] He completed his primary education from Lunsar village near Wankaner.[1] He studied pre-medical at the Faculty of Science, Dharamendrasinhji College, Rajkot from 1951 to 1953 and then an MBBS degree at the B.
J. Medical College, Ahmedabad from 1953 to 1963.[1][2]
Career
He had higher training f