Dr. Sushil Jathanna honored with Milestone Global, IHW Global Leaders Award
Udupi: Dr. Sushil Jathanna, Director of CSI Lombard Memorial (Mission) Hospital, Udupi, has been recognized with both the Milestone Global Award and the IHW Global Leaders Award for his exceptional contributions to healthcare.
Dr. Jathanna was awarded the Milestone Global Award, along with a Gold Medal and Certificate of Excellence, at the Milestone Global Awards and Conclave-2024, held on September 14 at the Bahi Ajman Palace Hotel, Ajman, UAE. The award was presented by Emirati businessman and philanthropist Dr. Abdullah.
Additionally, on September 21, Dr. Jathanna was honored with the IHW Global Leaders Award at the 10th Integrative Health and Wellness (IHW) Summit, hosted at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dubai. The award was presented by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, former Union Health and Environment Minister, and Amruta Fadnavis, singer and social activist, and wife of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis.
Dr. Jathanna played a key role in reviving the historic Lombard Memorial Hospital, founded in 1923 by Swiss missionary Dr. Eva Lombard, into a modern 150-bed multispecialty facility providing high-quality healthcare services.
Born in Mangaluru, Dr. Jathanna earned his MBBS from KMC in 1982 and pursued advanced studies in Internal Medicine, Public Health Medicine, Health Policy, and Management abroad. He boasts over 32 years of experience in medicine and public health in England.
Notably, he became the first Indian to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Service (NHS) at Cambridge and previously held the position of Managing Director of Care UK PLC's Healthcare Division.
Dr. Jathanna has also served as President of the Karnataka Chapter of the Association of Healthcare Providers of India and was a member of the Karnataka State Hospital Board of the Indian Medical Association. Furthermore, he is a trustee of the Christian Medical Association of India and a member of the Executive Council of Christian Medical College, Vellore, according to the release.
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Vinod Tawde seeks apology from Kharge, Rahul through legal notice, warns of defamation lawsuit
Cash-for-vote row
New Delhi, Nov 22: BJP leader Vinod Tawde has demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for making "false and baseless" allegations against him in the cash-for-votes incident in Maharashtra, saying if they don't he would sue them for defamation.
Tawde was accused by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, a regional party, of distributing Rs 5 crore to woo voters, with its members barging into a hotel room on November 19 in a Mumbai suburb, where the BJP leader was present.
The former Maharashtra minister and BJP national general secretary claimed innocence, saying the alleged amount was not recovered in the probe by the Election Commission and police.
"The Congress only believes in spreading lies, and this incident is a proof of the party's low level politics to dent me and my party's image," Tawde said.
The two Congress leaders and the party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate seized on the row to accuse the BJP of using money power to influence the November 20 assembly polls in the state.
The legal notice sent to the three claimed that they were aware that they were pushing a "totally false story fabricated" by them.
"You all have deliberately, mischievously with the sole intention of damaging the reputation of our client intentionally fabricated the story distribution of money. You all have published false, baseless allegations against our client on various media for tarnishing his image in the eyes of right thinking people in the society," the notice read.
The Congress leaders were in a "great hurry" to damage Tawde's reputation, they did not bother to check the fact and or despite knowing the entire fact they made the false, baseless allegations, it said.
"The entire imputation made by you all are totally false, baseless, malicious and mala fide and as our client is in no way involved in any such illegal activity and as a responsible office bearer of the national political party he is aware of his duties," it added.
The notice demanded an "unconditional apology" to Tawde within 24 hours from the time the receipt of the notice, which was sent on November 21, and published in newspapers and X.
If they do not offer apology, then Tawde will initiate criminal proceedings under Section 356, which covers defamation, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and also civil proceedings for the damages of Rs 100 crore against the three Congress leaders, the notice said.
