OBITUARY – Professor A. P. Singhal

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With great sorrow and grief, it is announced that Professor Dr. A. P. Singhal, former National President of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists passed into eternal peace on 27th September 2016. He was not only a famous anesthesiologist but also a great teacher, scholar, academician and researcher, who lifted the subject of anesthesiology in India to new horizons. He joined the graduation in 1947 and obtained his Master of Surgery (MS) degree from famous G. R. Medical College, Gwalior, MP, (India). He earned his Diploma in Anesthesiology from Bombay and joined the Civil Medical Services in Madhya Pradesh (MP) state situated in central India. Following a Fellowship from McGill University, Montreal (Canada), he started neuro-anesthesia services at Gwalior which was the first in Central India. He put all his efforts to start postgraduation in medical colleges of Gwalior, and served as Head of Anesthesiology, Dean and Superintendent in Medical College Gwalior before retirement in 1990. He had more than 30 research publications in various national and international journals of repute on clinical, experimental and biochemical subjects in anesthesiology.