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{{Short description|Indian gynaecologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lucy Oommen
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| birth_place = [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = March 2002
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| occupation = Gynecologist
| yearsactive = 1942-1988
| known for = Medical administration
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| parents = P. K. Oommen<br>Kochannamma
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
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'''Lucy Oommen''' was an Indian gynaecologist<ref name="The Indian Missionary in Zimbabwe">{{cite web | url=http://www.praisethealmighty.com/apr_16_2010/the_indian_missionary_in_zimbabwe.php | title=The Indian Missionary in Zimbabwe | publisher=Praise the Almighty | date=2015 | access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> and the first medical director of Indian origin at the [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi]].<ref name="Lucy Oommen Award conferred">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/lucy-oommen-award-conferred/article1239952.ece | title=Lucy Oommen Award conferred | newspaper=The Hindu | date=16 April 2008 | access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> Born to P. K. Oommen and Kochannamma and sister to Jacob Oommen and Alice,<ref name="P. K. Oommen">{{cite web | url=http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/h/o/Roy-P-Thomas-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0965.html | title=P. K. Oommen | publisher=Genealogy | date=2015 | access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]], she graduated in medicine from the [[Christian Medical College and Hospital]], Vellore<ref name="Lucy Kizhakkevedu">{{cite web | url=http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/h/o/Roy-P-Thomas-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0970.html | title=Lucy Kizhakkevedu | publisher=Genealogy | date=2015 | access-date=June 23, 2015}}</ref> and joined [[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi|St Stephen's Hospital Delhi]] as a surgeon in 1942.<ref name="Dates, Personalities and Events">{{cite web | url=http://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.php | title=Dates, Personalities and Events | publisher=St. Stephen's Hospital | date=2015 | access-date=June 23, 2015 | archive-date=6 April 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201111/http://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> She then took charge as superintendent from Dr. Morris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.php|title=. St.Stephen's Hospital - History .|website=www.ststephenshospital.org|access-date=2019-01-19|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201111/http://www.ststephenshospital.org/about.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Achievements ==
She became the first Indian to hold the position of director at the institution, and held the post till her retirement in 1988.<ref name="Dates, Personalities and Events" /> She was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Shri|date=2015|publisher=Padma Shri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=October 15, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=June 18, 2015}}</ref> St. Stephen's Hospital instituted an award, ''Dr. Lucy Oommen Award'', in 2005,<ref name="The First Lucy Oommen Award">{{cite web|url=http://www.ststephenshospital.org/images/pdf/nl-July08.pdf|title=The First Lucy Oommen Award|date=2015|publisher=St. Stephens News|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822085546/http://www.ststephenshospital.org/images/pdf/nl-July08.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> for recognizing excellence in ''Mother and Child Care'',<ref name="Lucy Oommen Award conferred" /> the first of the awards going to Sharda Jain, a known gynecologist based in New Delhi in 2008.<ref name="Archive Achievements of Alumni">{{cite web|url=http://www.hardinge.org/achive_2008.asp|title=Archive Achievements of Alumni|date=2015|publisher=Lady Hardinge Medical College Alumni Association|access-date=June 23, 2015|archive-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623210911/http://www.hardinge.org/achive_2008.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was awarded for her work in Obstetrics and Gynaecology including the social work that she had initiated.<ref name="The First Lucy Oommen Award" /> Dr. Lucy had been a gold medalist of the year during her college. After her death, St. Stephen's Hospital added her name to a wing of the hospital, now called the Dr. Lucy Oommen, Mother and Child Block.<ref name=":0" />

== Contributions ==
[[St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi|St. Stephen's Hospital]] realized a growth from a maternity hospital comprising 140 beds to a general one comprising 450 beds, after the work done by Dr. Lucy. She also formed an institution called Patient's Welfare Society, which is a group that supports patients for free.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://abdulkalam.nic.in/sp271005.html|title=Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: Former President of India|website=abdulkalam.nic.in|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref> She was also the personal physician for the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/h/o/Roy-P-Thomas-IL/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0970.html|title=Roy-P-Thomas-IL - User Trees - Genealogy.com|website=www.genealogy.com|access-date=2019-01-19}}</ref>

Oommen never married.<ref name="Lucy Kizhakkevedu" />

==See also==
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* [[St. Stephen's Church, Delhi]]
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{{portal|India|Medicine}}

==References==
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==External links==

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Medicine}}
{{Padma Award winners of Kerala}}
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[[Category:Indian gynaecologists]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women scientists]]
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[[Category:Medical doctors from Kerala]]
[[Category:Malayali people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors]]
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