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Himmatrao Bawaskar

October 22, 2023

Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar is an Indian physician from Mahad, Maharashtra. He is known for his research on treatment for scorpion stings. Much of his work has been published in the British medical journal The Lancet. He has also conducted research in the fields of snake bites, cardiovascular diseases, and hypothyroidism.

Himmatrao Bawaskar

Padma Shri
Born (1951-03-03) March 3, 1951 (age 72)
Dehed village (now in Bhokardan, Jalna, Maharashtra)
EducationMBBS, MD
OccupationPhysician
Known forScorpion sting envenomation research
SpouseDr. Pramodini Bawaskar
Children2

In 2022, Bawaskar was awarded India's third highest civil award, the Padma Shri.[1][2]

Early life and education Edit

Bawaskar was born to Saluba and Rakhmabai in Dehed village (now in Bhokardan, Jalna, Maharashtra)[3] He completed his schooling in Buldhana and worked in the farms, restaurants, temples, bookshops, the brick kiln, and held odd jobs to support his education.[4][5]

He completed his studies at Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur. At Nagpur, he faced class- and caste-based discrimination[6] and had to take a leave of absence for mental health reasons.[7] He later completed an MD from the B. J. Medical College, Pune in 1981.[8][5][9]

Career Edit

After his studies in Nagpur, Bawaskar was appointed in 1976 to a government-funded primary health centre in Birwadi, in Raigad district.[10] Over the next 40 years of medical career, Bawaskar spent most of his time in the rural Konkan region of Maharashtra, at the foothills of Western ghats.

At Birwadi, he witnessed high fatality rates of 8–40% due to the stings of Hottentotta tamulus scorpions; children being majority of the victims.[11] The venom mainly affects the cardiovascular and pulmonary system, eventually leading to a pulmonary oedema, which may cause death. He compiled the findings and further tests were carried out at the Haffkine Institute in Mumbai. These latter stating these findings were published in The Lancet in 1978.[12][13][14]

Bawaskar tried existing methods of symptomatic treatments with atropine, beta-blockers, chlorpromazine, and aminophylline.[15] These methods however would not result in noticeable decrease in the death rates. Scorpion antivenom has little effect in clinical treatment but application of prazosin reduces the mortality rate to less than 4%.[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]

As of 2016 he had published over 70 research articles.[15][24] and his work has led the fatalities due to scorpion sting to drop from a high of 44% to <1%.[9][25]

Other work Edit

He has also conducted research in the fields of snake bite envenoming, cardiovascular diseases,[26][27] hypothyroidism.[28]

In the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Bawaskar has researched on the chronic renal failure associated with heavy metals contamination of drinking water.[9]

He has written opinion pieces on ethics[29][30] corruption in medicine,[2][31] public healthcare,[32] violence against doctors,[33] and state of medical research[24] in India.

References Edit

  1. ^ "Padma Awards 2022 announced". pib.gov.in. Press Information Bureau. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Shelar, Jyoti (28 January 2022). "'Promote grassroots research': Padma awardee Bawaskar to government". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ Bawaskar 2009, p. 2–3.
  4. ^ Bawaskar 2009, p. 47–73.
  5. ^ a b Sethu, Divya (27 January 2022). "Padma Shri: Dr Himmatrao Finds a Path-Breaking Cure for Scorpion Sting". The Better India. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  6. ^ Iyer, Malathy (9 September 2019). "50 years after caste persecution, two renowned doctors speak out". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  7. ^ Bawaskar 2009, p. 127.
  8. ^ Bawaskar 2009, p. 132–138.
  9. ^ a b c Deshp, Chaitanya (28 January 2022). "Born in Marathwada, brought up in Vidarbha, worked in Konkan, researcher for entire humanity". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. ^ Bawaskar 2009, p. 104.
  11. ^ Bawaskar, H.S.; P.H. Bawaskar (1998). "Indian red scorpion envenoming". Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 65 (3): 383–391. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(95)00005-7. PMID 10771989.
  12. ^ Gaitonde, B.B.; Jadhav, S.S.; Bavaskar, H.S. (February 1978). "Pulmonary edema after scorpion sting". The Lancet. 311 (8061): 445–446. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(78)91238-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 75473. S2CID 46687120. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  13. ^ Bawaskar, H.S. (1977). "Scorpion sting and cardiovascular complications". Indian Heart Journal. 29 (4): 228. PMID 562842.
  14. ^ Bawaskar, H. S. (6 March 1982). "Diagnostic cardiac premonitory signs and symptoms of red scorpion sting". The Lancet. 1 (8271): 552–554. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(82)92057-8. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 6120403. S2CID 39513916. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  15. ^ a b Kale, Ajinkya A. (January 2012). "A Crusade Against Scorpion Sting: Life and Works of Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar". Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 1 (1): 52–55. doi:10.4103/2249-4863.94453. ISSN 2249-4863. PMC 3893953. PMID 24479002.
  16. ^ Bawaskar, H. S.; Bawaskar, P. H. (1 March 1986). "Prazosin in management of cardiovascular manifestations of scorpion sting". The Lancet. 1 (8479): 510–511. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(86)92979-x. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 2869255. S2CID 46144311. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  17. ^ Bawaskar, H.S.; Bawaskar, P.H. (1 September 1996). "Severe envenoming by the Indian red scorpion Mesobuthus tamulus: the use of prazosin therapy". QJM. 89 (9): 701–704. doi:10.1093/qjmed/89.9.701. PMID 8917746. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  18. ^ Bawaskar, H. S.; Bawaskar, P. H. (1 August 1999). "Management of scorpion sting". Heart. 82 (2): 253–254. doi:10.1136/hrt.82.2.253. ISSN 1355-6037. PMC 1729131. PMID 10465613. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  19. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba; Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao (8 March 2008). "Woke up paralysed—without injury or stroke". The Lancet. 371 (9615): 870. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60385-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 18328933. S2CID 205950152.
  20. ^ Bawaskar, H.S.; P.H. Bawaskar (2008). "Scorpion sting: A study of clinical manifestations and treatment regimes" (PDF). Current Science. 95 (9): 1337–1341.
  21. ^ Bawaskar, H.S.; P.H. Bawaskar (2007). "Utility of scorpion anti-venin vs. prazosin in the management of severe Mesobuthus tamulus (Indian red scorpion) envenoming at rural settings" (PDF). Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 55: 14–21. PMID 17444339. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  22. ^ Bawaskar, H. S.; Bawaskar, P. H. (5 January 2011). "Efficacy and safety of scorpion antivenom plus prazosin compared with prazosin alone for venomous scorpion (Mesobuthus tamulus) sting: randomised open label clinical trial". BMJ. 342 (3): 7136. doi:10.1136/bmj.c7136. PMC 3016167. PMID 21209062.
  23. ^ Mills, E. J.; Ford, N. (5 January 2011). "Research into scorpion stings". BMJ. 342 (3): 7369. doi:10.1136/bmj.c7369. PMID 21209063. S2CID 29659494.
  24. ^ a b "Re: Nearly six in 10 medical colleges in India did not publish any research in past 10 years". 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  25. ^ Oak, Sanjay (4 April 2021). "मोकळे आकाश.. : वृश्चिक-मैत्र". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  26. ^ Alirol, Emilie; Sharma, Sanjib Kumar; Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba; Kuch, Ulrich; Chappuis, François (26 January 2010). "Snake Bite in South Asia: A Review". PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 4 (1): e603. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000603. ISSN 1935-2735. PMC 2811174. PMID 20126271. S2CID 2336157.
  27. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba; Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao (12 January 2019). "Snakebite envenoming". The Lancet. 393 (10167): 131. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32745-4. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 30638580. S2CID 58621342.
  28. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba; Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao (2020). "Thyroid gland: Victim of iodinated salt". International Journal of Clinical Practice. 74 (8): e13523. doi:10.1111/ijcp.13523. ISSN 1742-1241. PMID 32365246. S2CID 218504892.
  29. ^ Shelar, Jyoti (22 July 2019). "Should doctors go beyond advising patients?". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  30. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba (26 August 2019). "Can doctors advise beyond the purely professional?". Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 4 (3): 209–210. doi:10.20529/IJME.2019.035. PMID 31378716. S2CID 199234866. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  31. ^ Sachan, Dinsa (16 November 2013). "Tackling corruption in Indian medicine". The Lancet. 382 (9905): e23–e24. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62364-8. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 24251325. S2CID 30701097.
  32. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba; Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao (7 May 2011). "Towards universal health coverage in India". The Lancet. 377 (9777): 1570–1571. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60639-9. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 21550478. S2CID 19962431.
  33. ^ Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba (13 September 2014). "Violence against doctors in India". The Lancet. 384 (9947): 955–956. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61629-9. PMID 25220972. S2CID 37481810.

Further reading Edit

  • Bawaskar, Himmatrao (September 2009). Barrister's Brat (Autobiography) [बॅरिस्टरचं कार्टं (आत्मचरित्र)] (in English and Marathi). Mumbai: Majestic Publishing House.

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Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar is an Indian physician from Mahad Maharashtra He is known for his research on treatment for scorpion stings Much of his work has been published in the British medical journal The Lancet He has also conducted research in the fields of snake bites cardiovascular diseases and hypothyroidism Himmatrao BawaskarPadma ShriBorn 1951 03 03 March 3 1951 age 72 Dehed village now in Bhokardan Jalna Maharashtra EducationMBBS MDOccupationPhysicianKnown forScorpion sting envenomation researchSpouseDr Pramodini BawaskarChildren2In 2022 Bawaskar was awarded India s third highest civil award the Padma Shri 1 2 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Other work 3 References 4 Further readingEarly life and education EditBawaskar was born to Saluba and Rakhmabai in Dehed village now in Bhokardan Jalna Maharashtra 3 He completed his schooling in Buldhana and worked in the farms restaurants temples bookshops the brick kiln and held odd jobs to support his education 4 5 He completed his studies at Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur At Nagpur he faced class and caste based discrimination 6 and had to take a leave of absence for mental health reasons 7 He later completed an MD from the B J Medical College Pune in 1981 8 5 9 Career EditAfter his studies in Nagpur Bawaskar was appointed in 1976 to a government funded primary health centre in Birwadi in Raigad district 10 Over the next 40 years of medical career Bawaskar spent most of his time in the rural Konkan region of Maharashtra at the foothills of Western ghats At Birwadi he witnessed high fatality rates of 8 40 due to the stings of Hottentotta tamulus scorpions children being majority of the victims 11 The venom mainly affects the cardiovascular and pulmonary system eventually leading to a pulmonary oedema which may cause death He compiled the findings and further tests were carried out at the Haffkine Institute in Mumbai These latter stating these findings were published in The Lancet in 1978 12 13 14 Bawaskar tried existing methods of symptomatic treatments with atropine beta blockers chlorpromazine and aminophylline 15 These methods however would not result in noticeable decrease in the death rates Scorpion antivenom has little effect in clinical treatment but application of prazosin reduces the mortality rate to less than 4 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 As of 2016 update he had published over 70 research articles 15 24 and his work has led the fatalities due to scorpion sting to drop from a high of 44 to lt 1 9 25 Other work Edit He has also conducted research in the fields of snake bite envenoming cardiovascular diseases 26 27 hypothyroidism 28 In the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra Bawaskar has researched on the chronic renal failure associated with heavy metals contamination of drinking water 9 He has written opinion pieces on ethics 29 30 corruption in medicine 2 31 public healthcare 32 violence against doctors 33 and state of medical research 24 in India References Edit Padma Awards 2022 announced pib gov in Press Information Bureau 25 January 2022 Retrieved 31 January 2022 a b Shelar Jyoti 28 January 2022 Promote grassroots research Padma awardee Bawaskar to government Hindustan Times Retrieved 23 February 2022 Bawaskar 2009 p 2 3 Bawaskar 2009 p 47 73 a b Sethu Divya 27 January 2022 Padma Shri Dr Himmatrao Finds a Path Breaking Cure for Scorpion Sting The Better India Retrieved 23 February 2022 Iyer Malathy 9 September 2019 50 years after caste persecution two renowned doctors speak out The Times of India Retrieved 23 February 2022 Bawaskar 2009 p 127 Bawaskar 2009 p 132 138 a b c Deshp Chaitanya 28 January 2022 Born in Marathwada brought up in Vidarbha worked in Konkan researcher for entire humanity The Times of India Retrieved 31 January 2022 Bawaskar 2009 p 104 Bawaskar H S P H Bawaskar 1998 Indian red scorpion envenoming Indian Journal of Pediatrics 65 3 383 391 doi 10 1016 0041 0101 95 00005 7 PMID 10771989 Gaitonde B B Jadhav S S Bavaskar H S February 1978 Pulmonary edema after scorpion sting The Lancet 311 8061 445 446 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 78 91238 2 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 75473 S2CID 46687120 Retrieved 31 January 2022 Bawaskar H S 1977 Scorpion sting and cardiovascular complications Indian Heart Journal 29 4 228 PMID 562842 Bawaskar H S 6 March 1982 Diagnostic cardiac premonitory signs and symptoms of red scorpion sting The Lancet 1 8271 552 554 doi 10 1016 s0140 6736 82 92057 8 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 6120403 S2CID 39513916 Retrieved 1 February 2022 a b Kale Ajinkya A January 2012 A Crusade Against Scorpion Sting Life and Works of Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 1 1 52 55 doi 10 4103 2249 4863 94453 ISSN 2249 4863 PMC 3893953 PMID 24479002 Bawaskar H S Bawaskar P H 1 March 1986 Prazosin in management of cardiovascular manifestations of scorpion sting The Lancet 1 8479 510 511 doi 10 1016 s0140 6736 86 92979 x ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 2869255 S2CID 46144311 Retrieved 1 February 2022 Bawaskar H S Bawaskar P H 1 September 1996 Severe envenoming by the Indian red scorpion Mesobuthus tamulus the use of prazosin therapy QJM 89 9 701 704 doi 10 1093 qjmed 89 9 701 PMID 8917746 Retrieved 23 February 2022 Bawaskar H S Bawaskar P H 1 August 1999 Management of scorpion sting Heart 82 2 253 254 doi 10 1136 hrt 82 2 253 ISSN 1355 6037 PMC 1729131 PMID 10465613 Retrieved 23 February 2022 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar Pramodini Himmatrao 8 March 2008 Woke up paralysed without injury or stroke The Lancet 371 9615 870 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 08 60385 2 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 18328933 S2CID 205950152 Bawaskar H S P H Bawaskar 2008 Scorpion sting A study of clinical manifestations and treatment regimes PDF Current Science 95 9 1337 1341 Bawaskar H S P H Bawaskar 2007 Utility of scorpion anti venin vs prazosin in the management of severe Mesobuthus tamulus Indian red scorpion envenoming at rural settings PDF Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 55 14 21 PMID 17444339 Retrieved 14 April 2010 Bawaskar H S Bawaskar P H 5 January 2011 Efficacy and safety of scorpion antivenom plus prazosin compared with prazosin alone for venomous scorpion Mesobuthus tamulus sting randomised open label clinical trial BMJ 342 3 7136 doi 10 1136 bmj c7136 PMC 3016167 PMID 21209062 Mills E J Ford N 5 January 2011 Research into scorpion stings BMJ 342 3 7369 doi 10 1136 bmj c7369 PMID 21209063 S2CID 29659494 a b Re Nearly six in 10 medical colleges in India did not publish any research in past 10 years 23 February 2022 Retrieved 23 February 2022 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Oak Sanjay 4 April 2021 म कळ आक श व श च क म त र Loksatta in Marathi Retrieved 23 February 2022 Alirol Emilie Sharma Sanjib Kumar Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba Kuch Ulrich Chappuis Francois 26 January 2010 Snake Bite in South Asia A Review PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4 1 e603 doi 10 1371 journal pntd 0000603 ISSN 1935 2735 PMC 2811174 PMID 20126271 S2CID 2336157 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar Pramodini Himmatrao 12 January 2019 Snakebite envenoming The Lancet 393 10167 131 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 18 32745 4 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 30638580 S2CID 58621342 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar Pramodini Himmatrao 2020 Thyroid gland Victim of iodinated salt International Journal of Clinical Practice 74 8 e13523 doi 10 1111 ijcp 13523 ISSN 1742 1241 PMID 32365246 S2CID 218504892 Shelar Jyoti 22 July 2019 Should doctors go beyond advising patients The Hindu Retrieved 23 February 2022 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba 26 August 2019 Can doctors advise beyond the purely professional Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 4 3 209 210 doi 10 20529 IJME 2019 035 PMID 31378716 S2CID 199234866 Retrieved 23 February 2022 Sachan Dinsa 16 November 2013 Tackling corruption in Indian medicine The Lancet 382 9905 e23 e24 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 13 62364 8 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 24251325 S2CID 30701097 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba Bawaskar Pramodini Himmatrao 7 May 2011 Towards universal health coverage in India The Lancet 377 9777 1570 1571 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 11 60639 9 ISSN 0140 6736 PMID 21550478 S2CID 19962431 Bawaskar Himmatrao Saluba 13 September 2014 Violence against doctors in India The Lancet 384 9947 955 956 doi 10 1016 S0140 6736 14 61629 9 PMID 25220972 S2CID 37481810 Further reading EditBawaskar Himmatrao September 2009 Barrister s Brat Autobiography ब र स टरच क र ट आत मचर त र in English and Marathi Mumbai Majestic Publishing House Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Himmatrao Bawaskar amp oldid 1173200801, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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