Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | Awarded Padma Shri | 2020
Sushovan Banerje e aka One Rupee Doctor is an Indian doctor and politician . He is known for treating needy people for just a rupee. In 1984, he was the MLA of Bolpur. In 2020, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian Government for his contribution on the field of medicine. Banerjee is from Bolpur , West Bengal . He did his graduation from R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital and did his PG degree in Pathology from Calcutta University . Then he moved to London for a diploma in Haematology. Banerjee had contested on an Indian National Congress ticket in 1984 and was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Bolpur. Since 1963 he is treating poor patients for just One Rupee. In 2020 he held his name in the Guinness World Records for treating the maximum number of patients in his lifetime. In the same year, awarded the Padma Shr...