Dr Diwan Chand Aggarwal was born in 1895 into a family of
lawyers. The eldest of 6 brothers, he studied medicine from Lahore and
subsequently started his practice in Lahore as a family physician. In the year
1924, he left his busy practice to do a course in Radiology, the then new field
of medicine dealing with x-rays. He underwent training at Dehradun, in a
course conducted by the British Army, which he passed with distinction.
The equipment with which he started, was an open induction coil and tube, the
contacts of which would get black with soot after exposures were made, and had
to be cleaned for the next patient.
Having a futuristic outlook, Dr Diwan Chand Aggarwal
knew that the field of Radiology would be fast growing. He subscribed to
the main journals from U.K. and the U.S.A. , which are still preserved at the
centre. His appetite for new technology was also un-ending. He pioneered
in the introduction of new equipment in India , with purchase of Coolidge tube,
four valve rectifiers and rotating anode tube as these products were launched
into commercial use. His clinic at Lahore had 12 rooms for radiology equipment,
including a deep x-ray therapy unit.
Contact Detail :
Central: 10-B,
Kastubra, Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001
Tel : +91-11- 43707700, 43707777,
Email : info@dcaimaging.org
Web : www.dcaimaging.org
No comments:
Write comments