Jitendra Nath Gohain (d. 1 October 2018) was an Indian surgeon. He was the president of the Association of Rural Surgeons of India, and the

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(IMA)

Nagaon Nagaon is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Assam. It is situated east of Guwahati. With a population of 1,16,355 as per 2011 census it is an AMRUT City and 4th biggest city ...

branch. He also was a member of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons. In 1981, he established the P & K Memorial Nursing Home at Nagaon. In 2006, he was awarded the Chikitsa Ratna Award. Born in Nagaon, he completed his

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Assam Medical College Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), formerly Berry White Medical School, is a government medical school and hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, India. It was the first medical college in Assam and the whole of Northeast India. It is the terti ...

Dibrugarh Dibrugarh () is a city in the Indian state of Assam, located 435 kms east of the state capital Dispur. It serves as the headquarters of the Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam. Dibrugarh also serves as the headquarters of the Sonowal Kach ...

, and went to London for his residency. There he worked with British medical doctors like orthopaedist

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. In 1971, he became a Fellow of the

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and returned to Assam to serve the society. In 2007, his biography ''Jeebonjoyi Dr. Jitendra Nath Gohain: Tyaag aaru Adarkha'', was written by journalist Khekhab Gogoi, which remains unpublished. He died at the age of 85 at Ayursundra Hospital,

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gohain, Jitendra 1930s births 2018 deaths Indian surgeons People from Nagaon district Year of birth missing Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Medical doctors from Assam Alumni of Assam Medical College