{"id":62816,"date":"2021-12-08T06:54:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T06:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=62816"},"modified":"2021-12-08T06:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T06:54:16","slug":"indias-1st-woman-psychiatrist-sarada-menon-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indias-1st-woman-psychiatrist-sarada-menon-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s 1st Woman Psychiatrist Sarada Menon passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sarada Menon, head of the Institute of&nbsp;Mental Health, and pioneer in India&#8217;s mental health space, died on Sunday at the age of 98, in Chennai. She was born in a Malayali family in Mangaluru, Karnataka. 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