Khrielie-ü Kire (12 January 1918 — 11 September 2013) was an

Naga Naga or NAGA may refer to: Mythology * Nāga, a serpentine deity or race in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions * Naga Kingdom, in the epic ''Mahabharata'' * Phaya Naga, mythical creatures believed to live in the Laotian stretch of the Mekong Riv ...

physician and bureaucrat who was the first

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practicing

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among the Nagas.

Early life

Khrielie-ü Kire was born on 12 January 1918 to an

Angami Naga The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland. The Angami Nagas are predominantly settled in Kohima District, Chümoukedima District and Dimapur District of Nagaland and are also recognized as one of ...

family from

Kohima Village Kohima Village is an Angami Naga village in Kohima District of the Indian state of Nagaland. It is located in the northeastern part of the present-day Kohima Urban Area. The village is widely considered to be the second biggest village in Asia. ...

. Her mother and father were Neikuonuo and Zetsovi Kire. Kire did her schooling from Baptist Mission School, Kohima and studied Licentiate Medicine Surgery (LMS) from

Christian Medical College Christian Medical College, Vellore, widely known as CMC, Vellore, is a private, Christian community-run medical school, hospital and research institute. This Institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals in a ...

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. She went on to do her

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from

Assam Medical College Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), formerly Berry White Medical School, is a public medical school and hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was the first medical college in Assam and whole Northeastern India. It is the tertiary medic ...

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in 1952.

Career

Khrielie-ü Kire started her career in 1947 with honorary service at the Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima. She later served as the Director of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Nagaland.

Later life and death

After retirement from government service, Kire served as the convener of the first Naga Mothers' Association, founding member and first honorary secretary of Nagaland State Red Cross Society and President of Nagaland Institute of Health and Social Welfare Board. Kire passed away on 11 September 2013 at 17:40

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( UTC+05:30), at her personal residence in Midland Ward, Kohima.

References

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