Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi
Trivedi in 2015
Born(1932-08-31)31 August 1932
Charadva, Halvad, Gujarat, British India
Died2 October 2019(2019-10-02) (aged 87)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Occupation(s)Nephrologist, immunologist, transplant surgeon, stem cell researcher
SpouseSunita Trivedi
ParentLaxmishanker Trivedi
AwardsPadma Shri (2015)

Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker "H. 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 for two years in the Cleveland Clinic in the US, and practiced for eight years in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A visit to his native land changed his mind and he returned to Ahmedabad in 1977 to continue his practice in India.[1][3][4] He joined B. J. Medical College as a professor of nephrology.[1][5]

He founded the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC, also known as Kidney Hospital) located in the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital campus on 7 October 1981. His friends and industrialists Rasiklal Doshi and Mafatlal Mehta helped with donation of ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$2.6 million in 2023). The institute was moved to the new building in 1992. The Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS) was established in 1997 in the same campus.[1][2][5][6][7] It is the largest kidney hospital in the world with 438 beds. He and his team completed more than 5200 kidney transplantations in the institute. It is also the only public-sector liver transplantation institute in India.[1][7] IKDRC-ITS was upgraded into the Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences in 2015 and Trivedi was appointed its Pro-Chancellor.[7][8]

He founded the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation. He was also the founding chief editor of the Indian Journal of Transplantation and Indian Journal of Nephrology. He held several patents on stem-cell therapy for transplantation tolerance and insulin producing stem cells.[7] His autobiography Tryst with Destiny (1996) is translated in Gujarati as Purusharth Potano: Prasad Prabhuno (2016) by Aruna Vanikar.[5]

He died on 2 October 2019 in Ahmedabad after prolonged illness. He suffered from neurological and liver ailments, as well as Parkinson's disease.[1][2][9][10]

Recognition

Trivedi (left) being presented Padma Shri by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 8 April 2015

Trivedi was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCP(C)).[11] In 2006, the Institute of Transplantation Sciences was renamed Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences in his honour.[8] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree by King George's Medical University in 2009.[7] He was felicitated as a Nagar Ratna by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 2014.[12]

He was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[13][14] He was also awarded by The Transplantation Society in 2018.[7]

Selected papers

  • D. Saboo; P.R. Shah; K.R. Goplani; A. Feroz; M. Gumber; A.V. Vanikar; H.L. Trivedi (May 2008). "Posttransplant Diabetes Mellitus: A Single-Center Study". Transplantation Proceedings. 40 (4): 1111–1113. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.04.002. PMID 18555126.
  • U G Thakkar; V V Mishra; AV Vanikar; H V Patel; R S Agrawal; VR Shah (2014). "Assessment of children born to mothers who are renal allograft recipients". Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health. 43 (1): 27–32. doi:10.4038/sljch.v43i1.6658.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "गुजरातः किडनी सर्जन डॉ एचएल त्रिवेदी नहीं रहे". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Parmar, Prakash Vasrambhai (2 October 2019). "5 હજારથી વધુ કિડની ટ્રાન્સપ્લાન્ટ કરનાર કિડની હોસ્પિટલના સ્થાપક પદ્મશ્રી ડો. એચ એલ ત્રિવેદીનું અવસાન". divyabhaskar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 "એચ.એલ. ત્રિવેદીઃ લોકોનો પ્રેમ નોબલ પ્રાઈઝ જ છે". www.janmanindia.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ↑ John B. Dossetor (2005). Beyond the Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir on the Rise of Modern Medical Ethics. University of Alberta. pp. 298. ISBN 9780888644534. dr hargovind laxmishanker trivedi.
  5. 1 2 3 Parmar, Prakash Vasrambhai (3 October 2019). "પદ્મશ્રી ડો. હરગોવિંદ ત્રિવેદીનો નશ્વરદેહ પંચમહાભૂતમાં વિલિન, પત્ની સુનિતા ત્રિવેદીએ અગ્નિદાહ આપ્યો". divyabhaskar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to IKDRC". www.ikdrc-its.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "TTS 2018 Recognition Awards - TTS". www.tts.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Background". www.guts.education. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Dr HL Trivedi Dies: Veteran Indian Nephrologist and Padma Awardee Passes Away in Ahmedabad; PM Narendra Modi Pays Tribute". Latestly. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Noted Nephrologist and Padma Shri Awardee HL Trivedi Passes Away, PM Modi Pays Tribute". News18. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  11. ↑ Mukhopadhyay, Asok (21 September 2017). Regenerative Medicine: Laboratory to Clinic. Springer. p. 409. ISBN 9789811037016.
  12. ↑ "અમદાવાદની કિડની હોસ્પિટલનાં સ્થાપક પદ્મશ્રી ડો. એચ. એલ ત્રિવેદીનું નિધન". sandesh.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dr Ambrish Mithal, Dr Ashok Seth to be conferred with Padma Bhushan award". India Medical Times. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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