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{{Short description|Indian nephrologist (1932–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
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| birth_place        = Charadva, [[Halvad]], [[Gujarat]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2019|10|02|1932|08|31|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India
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| occupation         = [[Nephrologist]], [[Immunology|immunologist]], [[Organ transplantation|transplant surgeon]], [[Stem-cell therapy|stem cell researcher]]
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| spouse             = Sunita Trivedi
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| awards             = [[Padma Shri]] (2015)
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'''Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker''' "'''H. L.'''" '''Trivedi''' (31 August 1932 – 2 October 2019) was an Indian [[nephrologist]], [[Immunology|immunologist]], [[Organ transplantation|transplant surgeon]] and [[Stem-cell therapy|stem cell researcher]].

He was a pioneer of transplantation medicine in India and a founding director of the Kidney Hospital in [[Ahmedabad]]. He and his team performed more than 5200 [[kidney transplantation]]s. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2015.

== Early life ==
Trivedi was born on 31 August 1932 in the village of Charadva near [[Halvad]] (now in [[Morbi district]], Gujarat).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/gujarat/ahmedabad-kidney-surgeon-dr-hl-trivedi-passed-away-19633627.html|title=गुजरातः किडनी सर्जन डॉ एचएल त्रिवेदी नहीं रहे|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His father Laxmishankar Trivedi was a teacher.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.janmanindia.com/janparinidhi_details.php?id=28|title=એચ.એલ. ત્રિવેદીઃ લોકોનો પ્રેમ નોબલ પ્રાઈઝ જ છે|website=www.janmanindia.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331065117/https://janmanindia.com/janparinidhi_details.php?id=28|archive-date=2019-03-31|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> He completed his primary education from Lunsar village near [[Wankaner]].<ref name=":1" /> He studied pre-medical at the Faculty of Science, Dharamendrasinhji College, [[Rajkot]] from 1951 to 1953 and then an [[MBBS]] degree at the [[B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad|B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad]] from 1953 to 1963.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/madhya-gujarat/latest-news/ahmedabad/news/padma-shri-dr-h-l-trivedi-founder-of-kidney-hospital-passes-away-in-ahmedabad-he-than-transplants-more-than-5000-kidney-125824037.html|title=5 હજારથી વધુ કિડની ટ્રાન્સપ્લાન્ટ કરનાર કિડની હોસ્પિટલના સ્થાપક પદ્મશ્રી ડો. એચ એલ ત્રિવેદીનું અવસાન|last=Parmar|first=Prakash Vasrambhai|date=2 October 2019|access-date=2 October 2019|language=gu|website=divyabhaskar}}</ref>

== Career ==
He had higher training for two years in the [[Cleveland Clinic]] in the US, and practiced for eight years in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. A visit to his native land changed his mind and he returned to [[Ahmedabad]] in 1977 to continue his practice in India.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name="Beyond the Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir on the Rise of Modern Medical Ethics">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/beyondhippocrati00doss | url-access=registration | quote=dr hargovind laxmishanker trivedi. | title=Beyond the Hippocratic Oath: A Memoir on the Rise of Modern Medical Ethics | publisher=University of Alberta | author=John B. Dossetor | year=2005 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/beyondhippocrati00doss/page/n319 298] | isbn=9780888644534}}</ref> He joined B. J. Medical College as a professor of nephrology.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/madhya-gujarat/latest-news/ahmedabad/news/padma-shri-dr-h-l-trivedis-dead-body-cremated-at-kidney-hospital-funeral-12pm-at-dudheswar-smashan-in-ahmedabad-125829080.html|title=પદ્મશ્રી ડો. હરગોવિંદ ત્રિવેદીનો નશ્વરદેહ પંચમહાભૂતમાં વિલિન, પત્ની સુનિતા ત્રિવેદીએ અગ્નિદાહ આપ્યો|last=Parmar|first=Prakash Vasrambhai|date=3 October 2019|website=divyabhaskar|language=gu|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

He founded the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC, also known as Kidney Hospital) located in the [[Ahmedabad Civil Hospital]] campus on 7 October 1981. His friends and industrialists Rasiklal Doshi and Mafatlal Mehta helped with donation of {{INRConvert|1|c|year=1981}}. The institute was moved to the new building in 1992. The Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS) was established in 1997 in the same campus.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikdrc-its.org/Default.aspx?len=0|title=Welcome to IKDRC|website=www.ikdrc-its.org|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623235756/http://ikdrc-its.org/Default.aspx?len=0|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tts.org/home-660/newletters/past-newletters/2018-volume-15-issue-3/2741-tts-2018-recognition-awards|title=TTS 2018 Recognition Awards - TTS|website=www.tts.org|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002143100/https://www.tts.org/home-660/newletters/past-newletters/2018-volume-15-issue-3/2741-tts-2018-recognition-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the largest kidney hospital in the world with 438 beds. He and his team completed more than 5200 kidney transplantations in the institute. It is also the only public-sector [[liver transplantation]] institute in India.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> IKDRC-ITS was upgraded into the [[Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences]] in 2015 and Trivedi was appointed its Pro-Chancellor.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.guts.education/About%20Us/Background/4683|title=Background|website=www.guts.education|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=13 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713094525/http://www.guts.education/About%20Us/Background/4683|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

He founded the Indian Society of Organ Transplantation. He was also the founding chief editor of the ''Indian Journal of Transplantation'' and ''Indian Journal of Nephrology.'' He held several patents on [[stem-cell therapy]] for transplantation tolerance and [[insulin]] producing stem cells.<ref name=":3" /> His autobiography ''Tryst with Destiny'' (1996) is translated in Gujarati as ''Purusharth Potano: Prasad Prabhuno'' (2016) by Aruna Vanikar.<ref name=":5" />

He died on 2 October 2019 in Ahmedabad after prolonged illness. He suffered from neurological and liver ailments, as well as [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/india/news/dr-hl-trivedi-dies-veteran-indian-nephrologist-and-padma-awardee-passes-away-in-ahmedabad-pm-narendra-modi-pays-tribute-1242302.html|title=Dr HL Trivedi Dies: Veteran Indian Nephrologist and Padma Awardee Passes Away in Ahmedabad; PM Narendra Modi Pays Tribute|date=2 October 2019|website=Latestly|language=en|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/noted-nephrologist-and-padma-shri-awardee-hl-trivedi-passes-away-pm-modi-pays-tribute-2331269.html|title=Noted Nephrologist and Padma Shri Awardee HL Trivedi Passes Away, PM Modi Pays Tribute|website=News18|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
[[File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg|thumb|Trivedi (left) being presented Padma Shri by the President of India, [[Pranab Mukherjee]], at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 8 April 2015]]
Trivedi was a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada|Royal College of Physicians of Canada]] (FRCP(C)).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOQ2DwAAQBAJ&q=h.+l.+trivedi+frcp%28c%29&pg=PA409|title=Regenerative Medicine: Laboratory to Clinic|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Asok|date=21 September 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9789811037016|pages=409}}</ref> In 2006, the Institute of Transplantation Sciences was renamed Dr. H. L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences in his honour.<ref name=":4" /> He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree by [[King George's Medical University]] in 2009.<ref name=":3" /> He was felicitated as a ''Nagar Ratna'' by [[Amdavad Municipal Corporation|Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sandesh.com/padma-shri-h-l-trivedi-founder-of-civil-hospital-kidney-hospital-passes-away/|title=અમદાવાદની કિડની હોસ્પિટલનાં સ્થાપક પદ્મશ્રી ડો. એચ. એલ ત્રિવેદીનું નિધન|website=sandesh.com|access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>

He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="India Medical Times">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiamedicaltimes.com/2015/01/26/dr-ambrish-mithal-dr-ashok-seth-to-be-conferred-with-padma-bhushan-award/|title=Dr Ambrish Mithal, Dr Ashok Seth to be conferred with Padma Bhushan award|date=26 January 2015|work=India Medical Times|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |access-date=16 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref> He was also awarded by The Transplantation Society in 2018.<ref name=":3" />
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==Selected papers==
* {{cite journal | title=Posttransplant Diabetes Mellitus: A Single-Center Study |author1=D. Saboo |author2=P.R. Shah |author3=K.R. Goplani |author4=A. Feroz |author5=M. Gumber |author6=A.V. Vanikar |author7=H.L. Trivedi | journal=Transplantation Proceedings |date=May 2008  | volume=40 | issue=4 | pages=1111–1113 | doi=10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.04.002| pmid=18555126 }}
* {{cite journal | title=Assessment of children born to mothers who are renal allograft recipients |author1=U G Thakkar |author2=V V Mishra |author3=AV Vanikar |author4=H V Patel |author5=R S Agrawal |author6=VR Shah | journal=Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health | year=2014 | volume=43 | issue=1 | pages=27–32 | doi=10.4038/sljch.v43i1.6658| doi-access=free }}

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