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| name = Isaac Santra<br />
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| birth_date = 3 November 1892<br />
| birth_place = [[Sambalpur]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
| death_date = {{d-da|29 August 1968|3 November 1892}}<br />
| death_place = [[Sambalpur]], [[Odisha]], India<br />
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| occupation = Physician<br />
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| known for = Leprosy eradication efforts<br />
| spouse = Rajkumari Das<br />
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| children = Two daughters and three sons<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Rai Saheb<br />
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'''Isaac Santra''' was an Indian physician, [[gandhian]] and social worker,<ref name="Hindustan Times">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/leprosy-in-india-the-remarkable-life-of-dr-isaac-santra/article1-1309977.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124102458/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/leprosy-in-india-the-remarkable-life-of-dr-isaac-santra/article1-1309977.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 24, 2015 | title=Hindustan Times | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=24 January 2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> known for his contributions for the eradication of [[Leprosy]] from India.<ref name="Biswa">{{cite web | url=http://biswa.org/in/fr/activities/social-development/hatibari-health-home | title=Biswa | publisher=Biswa | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Migration and Adjustment">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7nOhJszK3QC&q=Isaac+Santra+Institute+of+Social+Work+and+Community+Health&pg=PA82 | title=Migration and Adjustment | publisher=Northern Book Centre | author=Laksha P. Swain | year=2006 | pages=109 | isbn=9788172112110}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 1956, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his services to the nation.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Isaac Santra was born on 3 November 1892<ref name="Native Planet">{{cite web | url=http://www.nativeplanet.com/sambalpur/attractions/hatibari/ | title=Native Planet | publisher=Native Planet | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> in [[Sambalpur]] in the western part of the Indian state of [[Odisha]] to a pastor and his wife in a family with meagre financial resources.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> Going against the wishes of his father who wanted the young Isaac to be pastor,<ref name="Native Planet" /> he did his schooling in Sambalpur and joined [[Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College]], Cuttack in 1919 to secure a medical degree. His experience during his medical education and the social stigma associated with the disease of [[leprosy]] impacted the young man and he decided to pursue his career treating the disease.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> Santra started his medical career by joining the Central Government service and headed the Leprosy Survey of India during 1927 to 1931. In 1932, he was selected as a member of the Leprosy Prevention Society of Great Britain and retained the position till his retirement in 1947.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> He also served on deputation to countries such as Japan and Nigeria during various occasions as Leprosy Expert of the International Leprosy Association.<ref name="ILA">{{cite web | url=http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v5n1a19.pdf | title=ILA | publisher=ILA | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> ''Notes on Leprosy in Japan'' is a publication he has brought out in 1953, post his service in Japan.<ref name="The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAmiAgAAQBAJ&q=Dr.+Isaac+Santra&pg=PA155 | title=The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History | publisher=Ashgate Publishing | author=Dr Sarah Ferber, Ms Sally Wilde | year=2013 | pages=264 | isbn=9781409482840}}</ref><br />
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After retirement from government service, Santra tried to gather resources and, by obtaining government assistance, he founded ''Hatibari Kushtashram'',<ref name="Migration and Adjustment" /><ref name="Native Planet" /> in 1951, later to be known as ''Hatibari Health Home'',<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article431720.ece?service=print | title=Indian Express | publisher=Indian Express | date=8 June 2010 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> in Hatibari, a village near the Jujomura Block[Odisha] states.<ref name="Biswa" /><ref name="Bharat Online">{{cite web | url=http://www.bharatonline.com/orissa/sambalpur/excursions.html | title=Bharat Online | publisher=Bharat Online | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> At a time when [[Dapsone]], a drug for the treatment of leprosy was yet to be formulated, he turned to ancient Indian scriptures such as [[Sushruta Samhita]] and came out with a medicine made of [[chaulmoogra]] (Hydnocarpus wightianus) and started treating leprosy patients with this drug.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> The place soon developed into a treatment and rehabilitation centre from where patients cured of the disease will be assisted in reintegration into the mainstream society. He served the Health Home till his death after which the centre was taken over by Hind Kustha Nibarini Sangha (HKNS), and was brought under the jurisdiction of the [[Government of Odisha]].<ref name="Biswa" /><br />
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Isaac Santra was married to Rajkumari Das<ref name="Geni">{{cite web | url=http://www.geni.com/people/Dr-Isaac-Santra/6000000002251307276 | title=Geni | publisher=Geni | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref> and one of his sons, Dilip Kumar Santra is also a medical doctor.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> His eldest son, Prasanta Chitta Santra served in the Indian Air Force and retired as Air Vice Marshall. Dr. Santra died on 29 August 1968, aged 76, succumbing to the injuries sustained during a domestic accident at his home in Sambalpur.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /><br />
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==Awards and recognitions==<br />
The British Government conferred the title of ''Rai Saheb'' on Santra in 1938.<ref name="Hindustan Times" /> The Government of India recognized his services to the society by awarding him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1956.<ref name="Padma Shri" /> The village of Sambalpur is home to a social institute, ''Isaac Santra Institute of Social Work and Community Health'', named after him.<ref name="Migration and Adjustment" /> Smile Foundation India, a [[non governmental organization]], has named one of its children's home as ''Dr. Isaac Santra Balniketan''.<ref name="Smile Foundation India">{{cite web | url=http://www.smilefoundationindia.org/utsarga.htm | title=Smile Foundation India | publisher=Smile Foundation India | date=2015 | access-date=April 1, 2015}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Health in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book | title=The Body Divided: Human Beings and Human 'Material' in Modern Medical History | publisher=Ashgate Publishing | author=Dr Sarah Ferber, Ms Sally Wilde | year=2013 | pages=264 | isbn=9781409482840}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Notes on Leprosy in Japan | author=Dr Isaac Santra | year=1953}}<br />
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