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{{Short description|Indian Physician}}
{{infobox person
| name = Arunoday Mondal
| nationality = [[India]]n
| occupation = Physician
| other_names = Sundarbaner Sujon
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2020)
| website = http://sujan-sundarban.org/
}}

'''Arunoday Mondal''', popularly known as '''Sundarbaner Sujan''', is an [[India]]n physician from [[West Bengal]].<ref name=a>{{cite news|url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/bangla/the+wall-epaper-twall/padmashri+pelen+banlar+chikitasak+arunoday+mandal+sundarabaner+sujan-newsid-161571596
|title=পদ্মশ্রী পেলেন বাংলার চিকিত্‍সক অরুণোদয় মণ্ডল, 'সুন্দরবনের সুজন'
|date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=Dailyhunt|language=bn}}</ref> He was conferred with [[Padma Shri]] in 2020 for his contribution in medicine.<ref>{{cite news|title=From Arun Jaitley to Karan Johar: Here's full list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri awardees 2020|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/from-arun-jaitley-to-karan-johar-heres-full-list-of-padma-vibhushan-padma-bhushan-padma-shri-awardees-2020-798169.html|date=25 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=Deccan Herald
}}</ref>

==Biography==
Mondal lives at [[Bangur Avenue]] in [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]].<ref name=b>{{cite news|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/districts/west-bengal-arunoday-mondal-honered-with-padmasree-for-providing-health-facility-in-remote-sundarbans/amp-31579964570814.html
|title=সুন্দরবনের প্রত্যন্ত এলাকায় চিকিৎসা পৌঁছে দিয়ে পদ্মশ্রী পেলেন ডাক্তার অরুণোদয়
|date=25 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=bn}}</ref> He was a physician of Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Hospital for Children. He quit his job in 1980 and started to give treatments to his patients from his chamber at [[Birati]].<ref>{{cite news|title=পদ্মশ্রী সম্মানে উজ্জ্বল ‘অরুণোদয়’-এর আলোয় ভাসল সুন্দরবন
|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/west-bengal/sundarban-doctor-arunoday-mondal-got-padma-shri-185108/
|date=26 January 2020|access-date=28 January 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=bn
}}</ref>

Every Saturday Mondal went to Sahebkhali, a village of [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]].<ref name=a/> He had to travel 6 hours to reach there.{{Cn|date=November 2021}} He starts his treatment there in Sunday.<ref name=a/> 80% of his patients are poor.{{Cn|date=November 2021}} He provides them free treatment and medicine.<ref name=d/> After serving all day he returns to his home at night.<ref name=b/>

Mondal treated more than 4,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/padma-award-2020-muslim-bhajan-singer-langar-baba-sundarban-doctor-among-padma-award-winners/articleshow/73617764.cms|title=Muslim bhajan singer, ‘Langar Baba’, Sundarban doctor among Padma award winners|date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He established there a charitable clinic in 2000 which name is Sujan.<ref name=d>{{cite news|title=Sundarbans Doctor, Guwahati Veterinarian Among Padma Shri Awardees
|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sundarbans-doctor-guwahati-veterinarian-among-padma-shri-awardees-2169774
|date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=NDTV
}}</ref> He also conducts medical camps and blood donation camps for the people of the villages of [[Sundarban]].

Mondal was conferred with [[Padma Shri]] in 2020 for his contribution in medicine.<ref>{{cite news|title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece
|date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=The Hindu
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Padma Awards announced; posthumous honour for Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj
|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/padma-awards-announced-posthumous-honour-for-arun-jaitley-sushma-swaraj/articleshow/73616751.cms
|date=26 January 2020|access-date=26 January 2020|website=The Times of India
}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mondal, Arunoday}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in medicine]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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