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{{Infobox person
| name = Mahesh Prasad Mehray
| birth_date = 1900
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], [[North Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1974
| occupation = Ophthalmologist
| yearsactive = 1926–1974
| known for = Sitapur Eye Hospital
| spouse = Gopi Rani
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>[[Padma Shri]]<br>[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]<br>Rustom Merwaniji Alpaiwalla Award
}}
'''Mahesh Prasad Mehray''' (1900–1974) was an Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital, a 2500-bedded healthcare group with 32 branches across [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttaranchal]].<ref name="About Us">{{cite web | url=http://www.sitapureyehospital.org/index.html | title=About Us | publisher=SEH | date=2016 | access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> He was a recipient of [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]] of the [[Medical Council of India]], the highest Indian award in the medical category. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1955 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1970, for his contributions to Medical science.<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://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Mehray was born in [[North Western Provinces]], [[British India]] (the relevant part of which is now in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]) in 1900.<ref name="Company Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamart.com/siatpur-eye-hospital/ | title=Company Profile | publisher=India Mart | date=2016 | access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> After graduating in medicine from the [[King George Medical College]], Lucknow, he served as the Medical Officer at the District Board Dispensary, a primary health centre, at [[Khairabad, Sitapur|Khairabad]], a rural area around 80 km from the state capital of [[Lucknow]]. Later, he underwent advanced training in ophthalmology at ''Egmore Ophthalmic Training Centre'', the present day [[Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Chennai|Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and Government Ophthalmic Hospital]], and completed his studies in Vienna in 1935. At a time when the healthcare sector was not yet developed in the rural areas of the country, he started a small eye hospital in Khairabad, in 1926, where there was no facility for eye care. The centre started working out of temporary sheds for treating the patients and soon, the facility ran short of space for accommodating the growing number of patients when Mehray moved the centre to [[Sitapur]], the district headquarters.<ref name="Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray brief history (Founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital)">{{cite web | url=http://www.sitapureyehospital.org/history.html | title=Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray brief history (Founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital) | publisher=SEH | date=2016 | access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

In 1943, the hospital started functioning at its present location.<ref name="Company Profile" /> Over the years, the hospital has grown to become a 1000-bedded facility and has another 1500 beds at the 32 branches located at various places in the states of [[Uttaranchal]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="CIPS presentation">{{cite web | url=http://www.cips.org.in/documents/2014/UPAAM_Workshop/Dr._Madhu_Bhadhoria.pdf | title=CIPS presentation | publisher=CIPS | date=2016 | access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> The [[Medical Council of India]] honoured Mehray with the highest Indian medical award, [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]]<ref name="Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray brief history (Founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital)" /> and the Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1955.<ref name="Investiture ceremony">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_02/ACC%20NO%20008-BR/RAS-1955-09-07-2904.pdf | title=Investiture ceremony | publisher=Government of India | date=1955 | access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> He was included in the [[Indian honours system|Republic Day Honours]] list again in 1970, this time for the third highest honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He was also a recipient of Rustom Merwaniji Alpaiwalla Award and honorific titles such as [[Rai Sahib]] and [[Rai Bahadur]].<ref name="Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray brief history (Founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital)" /> Mehray, who was married to Gopi Rani, died in 1974, at the age of 74.<ref name="Dr. Mahesh Prasad Mehray brief history (Founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital)" /> Sitapur Eye Hospital has since opened a community centre under the name, ''Dr. M. P. Mehray Institute of Community Ophthalmogy'', in honour of its founder.<ref name="CIPS presentation" />

== See also ==
* [[King George Medical College]]
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== References ==
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