The doctor who built Asia's first human milk bank: Armida Fernandez receives Padma Shri

Dr Armida Fernandez, a senior neonatologist who set up Asia's first human milk bank and went on to found one of Mumbai's best known community health organisations, has been conferred the Padma Shri for 2026 in the field of medicine. The Armida Fernandez Padma Shri honour recognises a lifetime spent improving the survival of newborns and the health of mothers and children in some of the country's poorest urban neighbourhoods. At 83, she has called the award a recognition of the teams and voluntee