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{{Short description|Indian gynecologist}}
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| occupation = Gynecologist, social worker
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'''M. Subhadra Nair''' is an Indian gynaecologist, medical teacher and social worker, reportedly credited to have assisted over 50,000 child births.<ref name="Mangalam">{{cite web | url=http://beta.mangalam.com/women/personality/161049 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903124811/http://beta.mangalam.com/women/personality/161049 | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 September 2014 | title=Mangalam | publisher=Mangalam daily | work=Web article with interview | date=18 March 2014 | access-date=27 August 2014 | author=Radhika }}</ref><ref name="Namaste Keralam">{{cite interview | title=Namaste Keralam | access-date=27 August 2014 | last=Nair | first=Dr. Subhadra | interviewer=Jaihind TV | work=Namaste Keralam | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhu0aVJDfU}}</ref><ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 1">{{cite interview | title=Jeevitham Ithuvare 1 | date=10 May 2014 | access-date=26 August 2014 | last=Nair | first=Dr. Subhadra | interviewer=K. P. Mohanan | work=Jeevitham Ithuvare 1 | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3w8EWgrdYs | publisher=Jaihind TV}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured her, in 2014, with the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of medicine,<ref name="Padma">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |title=Padma Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |work=Circular |date=25 January 2014 |access-date=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6NEu2cjx3?url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=102735 |archive-date=8 February 2014 }}</ref> the first gynaecologist to receive the Padma award.<ref name="Mangalam" />

==Biography==
{{quotebox|align = right|qalign = center|width=21em|"It feels great to be recognised, but I am not overjoyed", says Dr. Subhadra Nair, on the [[Padma Shree|Padma Shree award]]<ref name="Campus reconnect" />}}
[[File:UC College Aluva.JPG|thumb|U C College Aluva]]
[[File:Madras Medical College.JPG|thumb|Madras Medical College]]
[[File:Trivandrum med colg.jpg|thumb|Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Campus]]
Subhadra Nair was born on 21 February 1929 at [[Irinjalakuda]], [[Thrissur]], in the south Indian state of Kerala to Krishnan Kutty Menon and Madhavi Amma, one of the pioneer lady doctors in India,<ref name="Campus reconnect">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/campus-reconnect-cherished-forever/article5713545.ece | title=Campus reconnect: Cherished forever | publisher=The Hindu | work=web article | date=21 February 2014 | access-date=26 August 2014 | author=Athira M}}</ref><ref name="TOI profile">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Padma-Bhushan-for-K-Radhakrishnan/articleshow/29391432.cms | title=TOI Profile | publisher=Times of India | date=26 January 2014 | access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> as the sister of two elder brothers and one elder sister. Madhavi Amma, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and a freedom fighter, was a strict disciplinarian<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> and a busy doctor dues to which the young Subhadra was brought up by her maternal aunt.<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2">{{cite interview | title=Jeevitham Ithuvare 2 | date=10 May 2014 | access-date=26 August 2014 | last=Nair | first=Dr. Subhadra | interviewer=K. P. Mohanan | work=Jeevitham Ithuvare 2 | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3w8EWgrdYs | publisher=Jaihind TV}}</ref>

Subhadra started her schooling at an early age of 3 at the local school in Irinjalakuda and passed [[matriculation]] before she turned 14. [[Madras University]], under which Irinjalakuda fell, had minimum age requirement for college studies and Subhadara, being under age, had to move to Travancore University area for college studies.<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> As such, she joined [[Union Christian College, Aluva]] and passed the Pre University Course. Again, age prevented her to join a medical course directly, which only Madras University offered and Subhadra joined [[Maharaja's College, Ernakulam|Maharajas College, Ernakulam]] to complete her BSc degree.<ref name="Campus reconnect" /><ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />

The medical career of her mother had influenced Subhadra<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> and she had already made up her mind to pursue a career in medicine. Accordingly, in 1947, she moved to Madras, where her eldest brother, Vishwanatha Menon was already a practising [[diabetologist]], to join [[Madras Medical College]] from where she passed her MBBS.<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> Though she had opportunities to start medical practice in Madras, along with her brother, Subhadra decided against it and returned to Kerala.<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />

Her career started as the assistant surgeon at the Sree Avittam Thirunal Hospital for women and children in Thiruvananthapuram,<ref name="TOI profile" /> part of the [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]] which was in its infancy at that time. As the Medical College grew, Subhadra joined the faculty as a tutor.<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> To further her teaching career, which required a post graduate degree to enter the mainstream teaching profession, she secured a postgraduate degree with specialisation in gynecology and obstetrics from [[Patna University|Patna]] and Madras universities and soon rose up the ranks.<ref name="Campus reconnect" /> Subhadra Nair retired from the Government service in 1984, as the Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics.<ref name="TOI profile" /><ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />

Nair was married to Gopalakrishnan Nair, a district superintendent with the [[Kerala Police]], who has since died leaving behind two daughters, Asha Nair and Shanthi Nair. Asha Nair is settled in the UK while the younger daughter remains in Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" /> After retiring from the government service, Subhadra joined Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram as consultant surgeon of gynecology, when the hospital was a small-time setup. The hospital has now developed into a multi-speciality hospital.<ref name="Cosmopolitan hospital">{{cite web | url=http://www.cosmopolitanhospitals.in/ | title=Cosmopolitan hospital | publisher=Cosmopolitan hospital | date=2013 | access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref>

Subhadra Nair lives in [[Pattom]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], continuing her work as the chairman and the senior consultant of gynecology at the Cosmopolitan Hospital.<ref name="Cosmo Gynec">{{cite web | url=http://www.cosmopolitanhospitals.in/department.htm | title=Cosmo Gynec | publisher=Cosmopolitan hospital | date=2013 | access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Senior Citizens' Association, Thiruvananthapuram">{{cite web | url=http://scatvpm.org/directory.php?page=13 | title=Senior Citizens' Association, Thiruvananthapuram | publisher=Senior Citizens' Association, Thiruvananthapuram | work=Directory | date=2012 | access-date=27 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903091219/http://scatvpm.org/directory.php?page=13 | archive-date=3 September 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Sehat">{{cite web | url=http://www.sehat.com/doctors-in-thiruvananthapuram/drm-subhadra-nair/190954/1/ | title=Sehat | publisher=Sehat.com | date=2013 | access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref><ref name="Cosmopolitan Hospital">{{cite web | url=http://www.yentha.com/business/view/dr.-subhadra-nair-gynaecology-murinjapalam-trivandrum | title=Cosmopolitan Hospital | publisher=Yentha.com | date=2014 | access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>

==Career graph==
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* Assistant surgeon – Sree Avittam Thirunal hospital for women and children<ref name="TOI profile" />
* Tutor – Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />
* Lecturer – Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />
* Assistant professor – Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />
* Professor – Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" />
* Director and head of the Department of Gynecology – Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="TOI profile" />
* Consultant surgeon – Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />
* Senior consultant surgeon – Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />
* Chairman – Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />

==Social service==
After retirement from government service, Subhadra Nair started working with ''Abhaya'',<ref name="Abhaya">{{cite web | url=http://www.abhayatrust.org/ | title=Abhaya | publisher=Abhaya Charitable Organization | date=2014 | access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref> a charitable organisation engaged in the support service to destitute people.<ref name="Mangalam Abhaya">{{cite web | url=http://beta.mangalam.com/women/personality/161049?page=0,2 | title=Mangalam Abhaya | publisher=Mangalam | date=18 March 2014 | access-date=28 August 2014 | author=Radhika}}</ref> Later, she was attracted to the activities of the Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust, an NGO operating in Thiruvananthapuram and started devoting her attention to the social activities of the Trust.

At Sai Trust, she, along with the founding members, were able to set up a Saigramam,<ref name="Saigramam">{{cite web | url=http://saigramam.org/ | title=Saigramam | publisher=Saigramam | date=2014 | access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref> a village to provide shelter and support to the needy. Subhadra, personally stood guarantee for obtaining a bank loan for the construction of the village.<ref name="Jeevitham Ithuvare 2" /> The project has since grown to provide social, educational and medical support to a large section of people through ''Sainiketan'' (Children's home), ''Sayoojyam'' (Old age home), ''Sathya Sai Vidya Mandir'' (School), ''Sai Narayanalayam'' (Public kitchen), ''Navajeevanam'' Free Dialysis Unit and ''Sai Care Home'' (centre for differently gifted people).<ref name="YouTube video">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqpMkK6q-fY | title=YouTube video | publisher=YouTube | date=2014 | access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref> The organisation claims they have provided over 200,000 free dialysis to people from financially poor background<ref name="Navajeevanam">{{cite web | url=http://saigramam.org/navajeevanam/ | title=Navajeevanam | publisher=Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust | date=2014 | access-date=28 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903085115/http://saigramam.org/navajeevanam/ | archive-date=3 September 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Subhadra, a trustee of the Saigramam from its inception, is serving as its acting Chairperson.<ref name="Trustee Saigramam">{{cite web | url=http://saigramam.org/trustee/ | title=Trustee Saigramam | publisher=Saigramam | date=2014 | access-date=28 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903085100/http://saigramam.org/trustee/ | archive-date=3 September 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She frequently gives lectures on the subject of gynaecology at various platforms.<ref name="Lectures">{{cite web | url=http://www.lifelinehospitalkerala.com/lifelinemedlife.pdf | title=Lectures | publisher=Lifeline Hospitals | date=2014 | access-date=27 August 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903105612/http://www.lifelinehospitalkerala.com/lifelinemedlife.pdf | archive-date=3 September 2014 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She has also been involved in the publication of a book on [[infertility]].
* {{cite book | title=Insights into Infertility Management | publisher=Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub | author=M.D. Jayakrishnan K. (Author), M. Subhadra Nair (Foreword) | year=February 2012 | pages=280 | isbn=978-9350255186}}

==Awards and recognitions==
* [[Padma Shri]] – [[Government of India]] – 2014<ref name="Padma" />
* Fellowship – [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]]<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />
* Fellowship – [[World Health Organization]]<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />

==Controversy==
In 1990, Shibu Thomas and Geetha Shibu Thomas, parents of Baby Naveen, approached the ''Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission'' alleging medical negligence on the part of the Cosmopolitan Hospital and the doctors. Baby Naveen was reported to have sustained [[Birth asphyxia]] (lack of oxygen), which consequently resulted in [[Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy]], but, the commission dismissed the petition citing lack of evidence.<ref name="India Kanoon">{{cite web | url=http://indiankanoon.org/doc/938971/ | title=India Kanoon | publisher=India Kanoon.org | date=18 May 2006 | access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref> The petitioners approached the [[National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission]] with an appeal against the state body's verdict on which the appellate authority allowed a compensation of {{INR}} 1.35 million with interest, to be paid jointly by the hospital and the doctors. Subhadra, who had to pay approximately {{INR}}500,000, however, maintained that there was no negligence on the part of the doctors.<ref name="Cosmo Gynec" />

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==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Dr-Subhadra-Nair-Felicitated/2014/04/23/article2183736.ece | title=Felicitation | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=23 August 2014 | access-date=27 August 2014}}
* {{cite interview | title=Jeevitham Ithuvare 2 | date=10 May 2014 | access-date=26 August 2014 | last=Nair | first=Dr. Subhadra | interviewer=K. P. Mohanan | work=Jeevitham Ithuvare 1 | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3w8EWgrdYs | publisher=Jaihind TV}}
* {{cite interview | title=Jeevitham Ithuvare 2 | date=10 May 2014 | access-date=26 August 2014 | last=Nair | first=Dr. Subhadra | interviewer=K. P. Mohanan | work=Jeevitham Ithuvare 2 | URL=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3w8EWgrdYs | publisher=Jaihind TV}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyjLeiq8hDA | title=Saigramam | publisher=YouTube | date=24 February 2012 | medium=Musical Video | location=Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala}}

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