Mangaluru: Dr.
Belle Monappa Hegde, 83, known as Dr.
B B M, a cardiologist, medical professor, scientist, author, was given with Padma Vibhushan, India India’s highest civil award by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday.
He was chosen for Padma Vibhushan award, under the medical category, which was provided for exceptional and leading services.
Known most as ‘People’s Doctor,’ Dr.
Hegde is a doctor with a human approach, emphasizes holistic medicine and gives an important meaning to the use of minimum drugs.
At present, he lives in Chilimbi Gudde in Mangaluru.
Hegde, former representative of Manipal University Chancellor, was honored with Padma Bhushan in 2010.
He was also the recipient of the DR BC Roy award in 1999.
Dr.
Hegde studied to SSLC in Hiriyadka in Udupi and then completed the intermediary from MGM College, Udupi.
He completed his MBBS from Stanley Medical College, Madras in 1960.
He received a gold medal from Madras University for MBBS.
Dr.
Hegde, who was the Dean of the Medical College of Kasturba from July 13, 1992, served as Deputy Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Demed University) from June 18, 1999 to August 30, 2003.
The recipient of the Karnataka Rajyotsava award in 1997, he wrote `what doctors could not Studied in the Book of the Medical School Board, ‘a book that provides part of an important and formative reading of a medical student must do beyond the requirements specified for the title.