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Eye surgeon Modi is dead

November 11, 2005 13:11 IST

Eminent eye surgeon and Padma Bhushan awardee Dr M C Modi died in Bangalore Friday following a cardiac arrest, hospital sources said.

Modi, 90, is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for performing the highest number of eye surgeries.

He is survived by a son.

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