GUWAHATI: Dr Sarbeswar Sahariah, an eminent surgeon of Assam has been conferred with Times Healthcare Achievers Award 2018.
He is also a Padmashri Award recipient and the Vice Chairman of the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hyderabad.
The award, instituted by The Times Group, has been conferred on Dr Sahariah for his outstanding contribution in the specialized field of medical sciences as the “Legend of the year, 2018 in Renal Transplantation”.
He was associated with the first successful renal transplantation at PGI, Chandigarh in 1973. He has single-handedly developed the specialty of organ transplantation in Andhra Pradesh and Assam in the last 37 years.
