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'''Benjamin Pulimood''' was the Director/Principal of the [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]], [[Vellore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
He passed out of the [[Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
in 1957 and joined [[Christian Medical College & Hospital]], [[Vellore]], which was the premier medical institution those days. He went to [[England]] and got MRCP in 1962 from [[Edinburgh]] and later FRCP in 1973.<br />
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==Physician==<br />
All along he was at the Christian Medical College, Vellore where he was a professor from 1969 to 1995. He was Principal during 1981 to 1987 and was director from 1987 to 1994. He was a venerated figure in [[Gastroenterology]] even before the advent of modern techniques like [[endoscopy]], [[SCAN]] (Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry) and [[Magnetic resonance imaging]] (MRI).<br />
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==Sportsman==<br />
He was a keen sportsman who had played as a goalkeeper in [[Santosh]] trophy tournament of 1954-55 and was also a member of the State team for the national [[field hockey|hockey]] tournament in 1952 representing the State of [[Travancore-Cochin]].<br />
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==Other responsibilities==<br />
He was the president of the Indian Society of [[Gastroenterology]] and chairman of the [[Kanigiri]] Hospital governing council. He represented the [[Mar Thoma Church]] in the [[World Council of Churches]] at [[Nairobi]] and is the recipient of the Manva Seva Award of the [[Mar Thoma Church]].<br />
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==Last days==<br />
He died in [[Vellore]] on Saturday 5 February 2011. The funeral was at Salem Mar Thoma Church cemetery at [[Kochi]] on Wednesday 9 February.<br />
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He was survived by his wife Dr. Ramani, (daughter of Rev. T.C.Thomas); a daughter Dr. Ansu and two sons Mani Pulimood and Dr. Thomas Pulimood.<ref>[[The Hindu]], 9 February 2011. Page 9.</ref><ref>[[Malayala Manorama]], [[Pathanamthitta]] ed. 6 February 2011. Page 1.</ref><br />
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