My sincere thanks to all the people who passed this link along. I have received a number of messages from people who knew Dr. Tarachand and who are happy to know about a person like him. I met ‘uncle’ Tara only in the 90s.
The following document has been given to me by his daughter Rachna:
Dr. Tarachand was born in 1929. He studied at KGMC in the 50s. He did his specialization at CMC Vellore. He was with the Army on a Short Service Commission for a while.
He was the first thoracic cardiac surgeon in U.P. He worked with Dr. Pomeroy and Dr. Earnest Sundaram at Clara Swain Mission Hospital at Bareily from 1956 to 60. He was well known for performing free surgeries for the poor.
He was also a specialist in medicine. He worked at King Edward VII T.B. Sanatorium Bhowali, Nainital from 1960-73.
Then he worked at T.B. Hospitals in Saharanpur, Kanpur and Faizabad from 1973 -83.
He retired as the director ESI from Kanpur in 1986.
All through his life, he and his wife worked for various charities. He continued to work for charity till the end.
© Rachna
