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Padma Shri awardee 'One Rupee Doctor' Passes Away
- 27 Jul 2022
The famed one rupee doctor of West Bengal, Sushovan Banerjee has passed away on 26th July 2022.
- A doctor and a politician, Dr. Banerjee treated patients for close to 60 years.
- He has been treating people for just one rupee and is fondly known as "Ek Takar Daktar".
- In the year 2020, he received the highest civilian honour of the country: the Padma Shri. The same year his name was recorded in the Guinness World Records for treating the maximum number of patients.
