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Tamilnadu Hospitals Day – July 30
July 30 , 2019
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- Government hospitals in Tamil Nadu will celebrate the birth anniversary of Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy on July 30 as ‘Hospital Day’ every year.
- A native of Pudukkottai, she was one of the country's prominent woman doctors in the early 20th century and the State's first woman legislator.
- She also founded the Adyar Cancer Institute in 1954 at Chennai.
- The day is also celebrated to publicise services offered by the hospitals besides appreciating NGOs, donors, social institutions and corporates offering corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds.
- Government of India conferred on her Padma Bhushan in 1956.
- Her book: My Experience as a Legislator.
- She was the prime mover behind the legislation that abolished the Devadasi system (bill introduced in 1930 but abolished in 1947).
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