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Alaka Keshav Deshpande is an Indian medical doctor and social worker known for her work towards AIDS patients. She worked at JJ Hospital Mumbai and in 1990, started the first HIV OPD (Out Patient Department). She established and headed the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) section from 2003-04 till 2011. She was noted to have not taken any salary for this tenure from the hospital. In 2001, she was presented with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour. [1]

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References

  1. Shelar, Jyoti (3 December 2011). "JJ politics pushes out city's face of HIV care". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2019.