Keshavrao Krishnarao Datey (7 August 1912 – 22 April 1983) was a pioneer of

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. He was a director of the department of cardiology at KEM Hospital,

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. He was also a founder director of the All India Heart Foundation, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Datey was born in Jabalpur to Krishnaji Hari Datey, an engineer, and Annapurna bai. He did his schooling from Model High School, Jabalpur, and later joined

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at Allahabad. Thereafter, he studied medicine at the Seth G.S.Medical College (1936), then affiliated with University of Bombay. He received his first MRCP from

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in 1947 and MRCP from

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in 1949. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1969.

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Indian cardiologists People from Jabalpur Marathi people Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in medicine Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Medical doctors from Mumbai University of Allahabad alumni 20th-century Indian medical doctors 1912 births 1983 deaths {{india-med-bio-stub