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{{short description|Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social activist and philanthropist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani
| birth_date = September 1917
| birth_place = [[Thatta]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|09|05|1917|09|}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| restingplace =
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| othername = Lakhumal Hiranand Khiara
| occupation = [[Otorhinolaryngologist]]
| yearsactive = 1947–2013
| known for = [[Otorhinolaryngology]] Social activism Philanthropy
| spouse = Kanta
| domesticpartner =
| children = Navin Hiranandani [[Niranjan Hiranandani]] [[Surendra Hiranandani]]
| parents =
| website =
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] Dhanvanthari Award [[American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery|AAO-HNS]] Golden Award [[SAARC]] Millenium Award [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry|FICCI]] Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare
}}
'''Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani''' (1917–2013) was an Indian [[otorhinolaryngologist]], social activist and philanthropist, known for pioneering several surgical procedures which later came to be known as ''Dr. Hiranandani's Operations''.<ref name="Dr LH Hiranandani: A life well lived">{{cite web | url=http://archivehealthcare.financialexpress.com/life/2061-dr-lh-hiranandani-a-life-well-lived | title=Dr LH Hiranandani: A life well lived | publisher=Indian Express | date=8 October 2013 | access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref> He was the founder chairman of ''Hiranandani Foundation Trust'' which runs two schools in India and was reported to have been active in the social movement against [[organ trade]] in India.<ref name="Anand2004">{{cite book|author=Subhadra Anand|title=Dr. L H Hiranandani: Born to Heal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KHpAAAACAAJ|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0580-6}}</ref> He was a recipient of the ''Golden Award'' of the [[American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery]], the first Indian and the fifth overall to receive the honour.<ref name="Works, Achievements and Accolades">{{cite web | url=http://www.hiranandanihospital.org/content/chairmain.html | title=Works, Achievements and Accolades | publisher=Hiranandani Hospital | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414031034/http://www.hiranandanihospital.org/content/chairmain.html | archive-date=14 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1972, for his contributions to medicine and society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani, born as Lakhumal Hiranand Khiara, was born in September 1917, in [[Thatta]], the [[Sindh province]] of [[British India]] (presently in Pakistan) in a family of limited financial means.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai">{{cite web | url=http://www.planetpowai.com/LHhiranandani.htm | title=Well known Personalities living in Powai | publisher=Planet Powai | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820170256/http://www.planetpowai.com/LHhiranandani.htm | archive-date=20 August 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After his early education in Sindh, he accompanied his family which migrated to Mumbai in 1937, and graduated in medicine in 1942<ref name="Our chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.hiranandanihospital.org/content/chairmain.html | title=Our Chairman | publisher=Hiranandani Hospital | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414031034/http://www.hiranandanihospital.org/content/chairmain.html | archive-date=14 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> from Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai.<ref name="Renowned ENT surgeon Dr L H Hiranandani dies">{{cite web | url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Renowned-ENT-surgeon-Dr-L-H-Hiranandani-dies/articleshow/22350623.cms | title=Renowned ENT surgeon Dr L H Hiranandani dies | publisher=Mumbai Mirror | date=6 September 2013 | access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref> After doing his internship at the [[King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College]],<ref name="Dr LH Hiranandani: A life well lived" /> he moved to London for further studies from where he secured the degree of FRCS and returned to India to start his career by joining his alma mater, Topiwala National Medical College and ''Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair Charitable Hospital'', as an honorary ENT surgeon. He served the institution till his superannuation at the age of 58<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> after which, associated himself with [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation|Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation]] when they made him an Emeritus Professor and Advisor to the Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck.<ref name="Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.aoiharyana.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6 | title=Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India profile | publisher=Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-date=6 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606074701/http://www.aoiharyana.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He also worked as a consultant at [[Breach Candy Hospital]] and [[Jaslok Hospital]]<ref name="Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India profile" /> and continued his association with the Topiwala National Medical College as an Emeritus Professor, till the age of 83.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" />

Hiranandani was married to Kanta and the couple had three sons, Navin Hiranandani, an ENT surgeon and a known medical writer, [[Niranjan Hiranandani]] and [[Surendra Hiranandani]], both entrepreneurs and the founders of ''Hiranandani Group'', one of the leading real estate developers with a number of notable developments such as [[Hiranandani Gardens]] and [[Hiranandani Estate]].<ref name="Niranjan Hiranandani Biography Summary">{{cite web | url=https://www.wattpad.com/111850443-niranjan-hiranandani-biography-summary | title=Niranjan Hiranandani Biography Summary | publisher=Wattpad | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref>

He died on 5 September 2013, succumbing to age-related illnesses at the age of 96, survived by his wife and the two younger sons;<ref name="Dr LH Hiranandani: A life well lived" /> Navin Hiranandani having preceded him in death.<ref name="Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani">{{cite web | url=http://www.vitalstim.co.uk/success_pop_hiranandani.php | title=Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani | publisher=Vitalstim | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-date=9 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809222838/http://vitalstim.co.uk/success_pop_hiranandani.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> The story of his life has been documented in the book, ''Dr. L H Hiranandani - Born To Heal'', written by Subhadra Anand.<ref name="Dr. L H Hiranandani Born To Heal">{{cite web | url=http://www.booksatbahri.com/productdetails.aspx?id=50181&colid= | title=Dr. L H Hiranandani Born To Heal | publisher=Bahri and Sons | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
Hiranandani was credited with several achievements in interventional medical treatment and medical administration.<ref name="Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani Bio">{{cite web | url=http://www.in.com/lakhumal-hiranand-hiranandani/biography-167981.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407040754/http://www.in.com/lakhumal-hiranand-hiranandani/biography-167981.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2016-04-07 | title=Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani Bio | publisher=In.com | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016}}</ref> He pioneered many new surgical methods in [[otorhynolaryngology]], which collectively came to be known as ''Dr Hiranandani's Operations''. He initiated a treatment protocol for throat cancer, an initiative which was considered outside the purview of an ENT surgeon till then, which, reportedly, integrated head and neck surgeries with ENT.<ref name="Works, Achievements and Accolades" /><ref name="Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani Bio" /> At BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, he established an ENT department incorporating head and neck surgeries, reported to be the first time in India an ENT department included head and neck surgical treatment also in its treatment range.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> The department was later named as ''Dr. Hiranandani's Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck''.<ref name="Our chairman" /> He also established the ''Post Graduate ENT Hospital'', ''Speech and Audiology School'' and ''Vestibular Research Unit'' at BYL Hospital.<ref name="A Tribute">{{cite web | url=http://nebaoi.org/Journal%20part/Tribute.pdf | title=A Tribute | publisher=North Eastern Branch of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India | date=2016 | access-date=7 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424052947/http://nebaoi.org/Journal%20part/Tribute.pdf | archive-date=24 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He served as a member of the Advisory Committee of the Government of India for setting up medical colleges in the private sector and it was during his tenure at the committee that 14 medical colleges were established in [[Maharashtra]] and the retirement age of the medical academics of the state was raised from 58 to 65.<ref name="Works, Achievements and Accolades" />

Hiranandani was a member of the ''American Society of Head and Neck Surgery'', the first Indian to be accorded a membership at AHNS.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> He was the author of several articles<ref name="BluestoneKlein2007">{{cite book|author1=Charles D. Bluestone|author2=Jerome O. Klein|title=Otitis Media in Infants and Children|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyHtINF1OrYC&pg=PA423|year=2007|publisher=PMPH-USA|isbn=978-1-55009-335-3|pages=423–}}</ref><ref name="Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion">{{cite journal | url=http://archive.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/otdiag/otdiagapp.pdf | title=Diagnosis, Natural History, and Late Effects of Otitis Media with Effusion |vauthors=Shekelle P, Takata G, Chan L | journal=Evidence Report/Technology Assessment | issue=55 | pages=1–5 | date=May 2003| pmid=12945555 | pmc=4781261 | doi=10.1037/e439822005-001 }}</ref><ref name="The middle ear mucosa in chronic suppurative otitis media">{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02994373| title=The middle ear mucosa in chronic suppurative otitis media |author1=D. S. Grewal |author2=N. L. Hiranandani |author3=A. G. Pusalkar | journal=Indian J Otolaryngol | date=June 1982 | volume=34 | issue=2 | pages=1–5 | doi=10.1007/BF02994373| url-access=subscription }}</ref> and two books, ''Histopathological Study of Middle Ear Cleft and its Clinical Applications'' and ''Head and Neck Cancer''.<ref name="A Tribute" /> He was one among the group of ENT surgeons who founded the ''Association of Otolaryngologists of India'' (AOI) and served as its president during which time AOI opened the ''AOI Research and Education Foundation''.<ref name="A Tribute" /> He was instrumental in the creation of 15 research endowments spread across several Indian universities, each valued at {{INR}}100,000 each and personally contributed {{INR}}300,000 towards the corpus fund for the endowments.<ref name="Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India profile" /> His efforts were also reported in the establishment of 20 orations and many awards and prizes for recognising excellence in otorhynolaryngology.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> Besides, he served as an adviser of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] and [[Maharashtra Public Service Commission]].<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> After being nominated as the nominee of the Maharashtra state government at the [[Medical Council of India]], he served as the member of its National Board and a member of the executive council from 1990 to 1995. He was also a member of the governing council of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] (ICMR).<ref name="Association Of Otolaryngologists Of India profile" />

In 1972, when a drought hit Mumbai, Hiranandani abandoned his medical practice to organise medical aid and immunisation camps for the drought-affected people, serving as the Honorary Medical Director.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> The next year, he worked in Bihar and Odisha which were affected by floods and in the aftermath of the [[Bombay riots]] of 1993, he worked for organising medical aid to the injured.<ref name="Our chairman" /> He founded ''Hiranandani Foundation Trust'', and opened the first school under the trust, ''Hiranandani Foundation School'', Powai in 1990, followed by another one at Thane, ''HFS International'', in 1999.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> It is reported that he bequeathed his savings of {{INR}}25 million to the foundation. He also served as a member of the executive committee of the [[University of Mumbai]], when he was appointed to the post in 1991.<ref name="Well known Personalities living in Powai" /> It was in the 1990s, he led a campaign against [[organ trade]] which was known to have assisted in the passing of ''The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994'' which proposed guidelines on organ donation and imposed strict restrictions on [[organ trade]].<ref name="Our chairman" />

==Awards and honours ==
Hiranandani was a member of the ''American Society of Head and Neck Surgery'', the first Indian to be inducted into the society.<ref name="Renowned ENT surgeon Dr L H Hiranandani dies" /> When he was selected for the ''Golden Award'' of the [[American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery]], he became the first Indian and the fifth person to receive the award.<ref name="Our chairman" />

The [[Government of India]] included him the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list for the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1972.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

He received the ''Danvanthari Award'' of the ''Dhanvantari Medical Foundation'' in 1988, the first time the award was given to an ENT surgeon.<ref name="Dr LH Hiranandani: A life well lived" />

He was also a recipient of the ''[[SAARC]] Millenium Award'', which he received in 2001.<ref name="DhingraDhingra2014">{{cite book|author1=P. L. Dhingra|author2=Shruti Dhingra|title=Diseases of Ear, Nose and Throat & Head and Neck Surgery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ByMBgAAQBAJ&pg=PR6|year=2014|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-81-312-3693-2|pages=6–}}</ref>

A year before his death, he received the ''Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare'' from the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry]] (FICCI) in 2012.<ref name="Padmabhushan Dr. L H Hiranandani receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare by FICCI">{{cite web | url=http://www.free-press-release.com/news-padmabhushan-dr-l-h-hiranandani-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-in-healthcare-by-ficci-1346314190.html | title=Padmabhushan Dr. L H Hiranandani receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare by FICCI | publisher=Free Press | date=29 August 2012 | access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>

Apart from ''Dr. Hiranandani's Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck'' at the BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, another institution, [[Dr. L. H. Hiranandani College of Pharmacy]], an institution located in [[Ulhasnagar]], Mumbai, is also named after Hirnanadani.<ref name="DLHHCOP">{{cite web | url=http://www.dlhhcop.org/ | title=DLHHCOP | publisher=DLHHCOP | date=2016 | access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref>

''Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital'' is a 240-bedded multi-specialty hospital built by his sons, in honour of their father.<ref name="Padmabhushan Dr. L H Hiranandani receives Lifetime Achievement Award in Healthcare by FICCI" />

== See also ==
* [[Hiranandani Foundation Schools]]

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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|author=Leslie Morgan Steiner|title=The Baby Chase: How Surrogacy Is Transforming the American Family|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZoPAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|date=5 November 2013|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4668-3468-2|pages=137–}}
* {{cite book|author=Subhadra Anand|title=Dr. L H Hiranandani: Born to Heal|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0580-6}}

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