Doctor Who Treated Nehru Dies At 96
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He had treated the former prime minister when he fell ill when he was addressing the 68th session of the Indian National Congress here in January, 1964.
Gobinda Chandra Dash, a noted physician of Kendrapara town, who treated Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 during his visit to Bhubaneswar, died at his residence here today.
He was 96. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.
Dash had treated the former prime minister when he fell ill when he was addressing the 68th session of the Indian National Congress here in January, 1964.
Dash was then posted as the personal physician of the governor of Odisha. He had conducted the medical checkup of Nehru and requested him to cancel all engagements and advised him to take complete rest for the next six days which the then prime minister complied to.
