Parvati Gehlot was the first female
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
from
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
. She belongs to
Jodhpur
Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...
city of Rajasthan. She passed her
MBBS
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...
degree in 1928 from
Lady Hardinge Medical College
, mottoeng = Through Adversity to Stars
, established = 1916
, founder = Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
, director =
, faculty =
, students =
, undergrad = 240
, postgrad ...
, New Delhi and then went abroad in 1936 to England for higher studies in the field of medicine.
She was very talented and later joined the government service. She then became the Superintendent of
Umaid Hospital, Jodhpur.
References
20th-century Indian women physicians
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people
Medical doctors from Rajasthan
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