Patna college names herbal garder after city doctor

Ludhiana: In a unique honour for a city-based author and doctor, a government Unani college in Patna has named a herbal garden after him and will formally invite him after the Covid scenario eases. Dr Kewal Dheer is also among the few authors who have been honoured by the House of Commons, Canada, for his contribution to society as a whole.
“I joined Government Tibbi College, Patna, as a student of bachelors in indigenous system of medicine in 1951 and passed out from there in 1956.The college is one of the best and first Unani Medical Colleges in undivided India and was established about a century ago. So, last year as part of the 100-year celebration they had organised functions to honour the alumnis. They had called me as well in December last year but since my wife Kant Dheer was unwell, so couldn’t go there,” said 82 years old Dr Dheer.
“In January, I got to know that they have set up a herbal garden and named it after me for my contribution to the profession, as an author and above all to society. They have now asked me to come and they will organise a small function and formally take me to the herbal garden named after me”. He added that it feels great to have a herbal garden named after him in such a prestigious institution and is anxiously waiting to go there and see it.
Dr Dheer said that it was among the many honours he had got, including the one by House of Commons, Canada, in July 2011 as it had awarded him for his contribution to Urdu literature and society as a whole. He added that throughout his life, he had served in Unani department and joined as a medical officer and retired as joint director, Unani Medicines of Punjab, in 1996.
The doctor and author said that he was director of micro-herbal institute in Hyderabad for one and a half years. He added that he had been writing books as well and had more than 100 books on literature and other contemporary subjects.
Dr Dheer is a celebrated writer and is recipient of many national and international awards, which include Shiromani Urdu Sahitkar Award, National Hindi Award by ministry of HRD, government of India, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Asian Literary Foundation Inc. USA, Honour by House of Commons (Parliament of Canada), Vishawa Punjabi Gaurav Samman and many national awards by various state acadimies of India.