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Magsaysay for Dr. Shanta
SINGAPORE:
Dr. V. Shanta, Chairperson of the Cancer Institute, Adyar, in Chennai, has won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service for 2005.
The eminent physician was given the award in recognition of her "untiring leadership of the Cancer Institute as a centre of excellence and compassion for the study and treatment of cancer in India," the citation from the Magsaysay Foundation, Manila, said on Monday.
Dr. Shanta has pioneered research and treatment of various kinds of cancers, especially cervical cancer.
Other winners
Thai Senator Jon Ungphakorn, Indonesian anti-graft campaigner Teten Masduki, Bangladeshi editor Matiur Rahman, South Korea's Yoon Hye-Ran and Laotian Sombath Somphone were the other winners.
The presentation ceremony will be held on August 31 in Manila. — Agencies
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