[Reader-list] Dr Sen’s heart condition: Letter from Medicos to Chief Justice of India

Wed Apr 8 22:18:03 IST 2009

53 Doctors and Noam Chomsky demand immediate release of Binayak sen
http://www.binayaksen.net/2009/04/letter-to-chief-justice-of-india/

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4 April 2009

Honorine Ward, MD
Associate Professor
Div of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

To : The Honourable Chief Justice of India,

We are extremely concerned about the health of Dr. Binayak Sen who has
been imprisoned in Raipur since May 2007. Recently we learned that his
health had worsened and that the doctor appointed by the court to
examine him recommended that he be transferred to Vellore for an
angiography and perhaps, if needed, an angioplasty or Coronary Artery
Bypass Graft without further delay.

We believe that the court had ordered that Dr. Binayak receive
treatment as per the doctor’s recommendations but there are still
hurdles being created by the local administration. We urge you to use
your good offices to see that this order is implemented immediately,
as any delay may pose a risk to Dr. Binayak Sen’s life.

We also urge that Dr. Binayak be granted the bail that has been denied
to him for almost two years now. Dr. Binayak has a blemishless record
of public service both as a medical doctor amongst the poor and as a
human rights crusader, and it is our humble opinion that a great
injustice has already been done to him. We urge you to review his
case.

Enclosure: Copy of Letter from Dr. Malhotra who examined Dr. Binayak
Sen, March2008.

Sincerely,

       1. Dr. Anagha Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       2. Dr. Bharati Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       3. Dr. Diganth Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       4. Dr. Prakash Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       5. Dr. Sheetal Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       6. Dr. Vikas Amte
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
       7. Dr. Sugan Baranth
          Sane Guruji Rugnalaya
          Malegaon, Maraharashtra
       8. Dr Prabir Chatterjee MD
          Routine Immunization Consultant
          196-C/1 Picnic Garden Road
          Kolkata, West Bengal
       9. Bobby J. Cherayil, MD
          Associate Professor of Pediatrics
          Harvard Medical School
          Boston, Massachusetts
      10. Anita Cheriyan, MD
          Clinical Assistant Professor
          Case Western Reserve University
          Cleveland, Ohio
      11. Noam Chomsky
          Professor of Linguistics
          Massachusetts Institute of Technology
          Boston, Massachusetts
      12. Keith G Davies, FRCS
          Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
          Boston University, Massachusetts
      13. Sudarshan Devanesen CM MD CCFP
          M.Cl.Sc.FCFP
          Associate Professor of Medicine
          University of Toronto
      14. Dr. Yeshwant Devare
          General Practitioner
          Sane Guruji Rugnalaya
          Malegaon, Maharashtra
      15. Ranjan Duara, MD, MRCP, FAAN
          Professor of Neurology, University of South
          Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida
          Professor of Neurology, Florida International
          University College of Medicine, Miami FL and
          Associate Professor of Medicine, Neurology and
          Psychiatry, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
Miami, Florida
      16. Shahnaz Duara, MD
          Professor of Pediatrics and Director Newborn Nursery
          University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
          Miami, Florida
      17. Mary Ganguli, MD MPH
          Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology,
          University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      18. Rohan Ganguli MD
          Professor of Psychiatry, Pathology, and
          Community Health Systems
          University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
          Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
          Executive Vice President, Center for Addiction and Mental Health
          Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      19. Dr. Revathi Joshi
          Primary Health Center
          Dhadgaon, Maharashtra
      20. Sandra Lobo MRCP, DCH
          Pediatric Neurologist
          Belmont Massachusetts
      21. Philip T Ninan MD
          Vice President for Neuroscience
          Global Medical Affairs
          Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
          Collegeville, Pennsylvania
      22. Dr. Rakhal Gaitonde
          Training and Research Associate
          Community Health Cell
          Bangalore, Karnataka
      23. Dr. Rumi Jehangir
          Opthalmic Surgeon
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      24. Surendra Kelwala, MD
          Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
          Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
      25. Dr. Vivek Korde
          General Practioner
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      26. Shanker Krishnamurthy, MD
          Orthopedic Surgeon
          Cortlandt Manor, NY
      27. Uma Krishnamurthy, MD
          Aneasthesiologist
          Cortlandt Manor, New York
      28. Usha Kuchimanchi, MD, MRCP
          Consultant Physician
          Hull and East Riding
          East Yorkshire, United Kingdom
      29. Satish Kumar, MD
          Professor of Medicine
          University of Oklahoma
      30. Alexander Kuruvila, M.D.
          Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon
          Riverside, California
      31. Dr. Rupa Madkaikar
          General Practioner
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      32. Ranjit Mani, MD, FRCP
          Neurologist
          Rockville, Maryland
      33. Smita Mehta, MD
          Pediatrician
          Nevada
      34. Dr. Badar Maskati
          General Practitioner
          Saifee Hospital
      35. Dr. Anirudh Malpani
          General Practitioner
          Malpani Hospital
          Mumbai
      36. Dr. Narayan Malpani
          General Practitioner
          Malpani Hospital
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      37. Dr. Quresh Maskati
          General Practitioner
          Saifee Hospital
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      38. Dr. M.P. Mirajkar
          General Practitioner
          Habib Hospital
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      39. Dr. Sanjay Nagral
          Consultant HPB & Liver Transplant Surgeon
          Dept of Surgical Gastroenterology
          Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      40. Deven Naik
          General Practioner
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      41. Ramji Narayan, MS
          Atlas Star Medical Centre
          Al Khuwair
          Sultanate of Oman
      42. Shiv Pillai, MD, PhD
          Associate Professor of Medicine
          Harvard Medical School
          Boston, Massachusetts
      43. Dr. Vijay Pole
          Maharogi Seva Samiti
          Anandwan, Warora, Maharashtra
      44. Dr. Sham Pophle
          General Practioner
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      45. Dr. Pallavi Raut
          Primary Health Center
          Dhadgaon, Maharashtra
      46. Dr. Anita Roy
          Consultant, Anasthesiology
          Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
      47. Dr. Nobhojit Roy
          Head, Department of Surgery
          BARC Hospital
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      48. Nandini Sengupta, MD, MPH
          Clinical Director, Pediatrics
          Dimock Community Health Center
          Boston, Massachusetts
      49. Professor Michael Stein
          Executive Director
          Harvard Law School Projects on Disabilities
          Harvard University
          Cambridge, Massachusetts
      50. Dr. R. Sukanya
          Training and Research Associate
          Community Health Cell
          Bangalore, Karnataka
      51. Ajit Varki, MD
          Distinguished Professor of Medicine
          and Cellular & Molecular Medicine
          University of California, San Diego
      52. Nissi Varki, MD
          Professor of Pathology
          University of California, San Diego
      53. Dr. Ketki Waghe
          General Practioner
          Mumbai, Maharashtra
      54. Honorine Ward, MD
          Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health
          Tufts University School of Medicine
          Boston, Massachusetts