Prithipal Singh Maini

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Prithipal Singh Maini
Born
Punjab, India
Died(2023-03-27)27 March 2023
OccupationOrthopedic surgeon
Known forJoint osteotomy
SpouseDr. Balwant Kaur Maini
AwardsPadma Bhushan(2007)
Order of Nishan-e-Khalsa(2001)

Prithipal Singh Maini (died 27 March 2023) was an Indian orthopaedic surgeon and the senior consultant surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram City Hospital, New Delhi.[1] He was also a Consultant Orthopaedist at Sama Hospital, New Delhi.[2]

Maini managed several clinical and medical trials and has taught at a number of medical schools in India.[3] He was an Emeritus Professor of the Maharshi Dayanand University and the vice chairman of Pathfinder Health India Group,[4] an organisation promoting affordable healthcare.[5]

When Parkash Singh Badal, the chief minister of Punjab, suffered a fall in 2001, it was Maini who operated on him to correct the Femur fracture.[6]

He died on 27 March 2023.

Recognition

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He received the Order of Nishan-e-Khalsa honor from the chief minister of Punjab in 2001.[7][8]

The Government of India awarded him the third-highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2007, for his contributions to Indian medicine.[9]

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