City doctor conferred GAPIO Award

Rajamahendravaram: Eminent psychiatrist Karri Rama Reddy was honoured with the Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) Lifetime Achievement Award, another feather in the cap for the city-based doctor. The doctor was awarded at the GAPIO annual meeting held in Mumbai on Saturday night. GAPIO celebrates its annual functions across the world and honours doctors based on their meritorious service.

Speaking to reporters in his hospital here on Sunday, Dr Karri Rama Reddy said, “Earlier the lifetime achievement award was confined to NRI doctors but now the recipients of the award are diverse.” “Dr Anupama Sibal and Dr Nanda Kumar Jairam presented the award in the conference,” he added.