17/11/2018
भगवान उनकी आत्मा को शांति प्रदान करें .
Dr. T S Kanaka – Asia’s first woman neurosurgeon , dies at 86 , on 14 November , 2018
T. S. Kanaka or Thanjavur Santhanakrishna Kanaka , also known as Tanjore Santhana Krishna Kanaka, was Asia's first female neurosurgeon and one of the world's first few female neurosurgeons.
She was the first neurosurgeon in India to perform chronic electrode implants in the brain; having performed deep brain stimulation as early as in 1975.
She pioneered functional neurosurgery in the 1960s and 1970s along with Prof. Balasubramaniam, Prof. S. Kalyanaraman; and received recognition for her research and contributions to the field of stereotactic surgery While healthcare access to deprived and underprivileged people is still a major challenge in our country, a few doctors offer them the service without any expectations. We have ‘anju rooba doctor,’ ‘irubadhu rooba doctor,’ in the city and the list goes on.
Among the lot was Dr T S Kanaka, a popular doctor of Chrompet, known for treating people for free. But she did not become famous only because of that. She was the first woman neurosurgeon in Asia and had closely worked with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and several other trusts and held records for donating blood several times.
Hailing from Thanjavur, Dr Kanaka pursued MBBS and MS from Madras Medical College and was also posted in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH), among others. A few years ago, she established the Sri Santhanakrishna Padmavathi Health Care and Research Foundation in Chrompet to benefit local residents.
The noble soul passed away 14 November due to ill-health. She was 86.