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2018-11-19 Obituary

678.

Asia's first woman neurosurgeon who passed away at the age of 86 recently?

TS Kanaka

Dheera Ananthakrishnan

Jayashree Srinivasan

Aruna Ganju

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Dr. TS Kanaka, the continent's first woman neurosurgeon, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 86. She was the third woman neurosurgeon in the whole world. Born on March 31, 1932, and raised in Chennai, she obtained her MBBS degree in December 1954, and Master of Surgery in Neurosurgery in March 1968.