N.K. George, who was instrumental in the establishment of the National Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (NIPMR), an autonomous institution at Kallertumkara, near Irinjalakuda, under the State Department of Social Justice, passed away at his residence at Vallakunnu on Tuesday. He was 83.
Mr. George, an engineer by profession, donated his lifetime earnings to create an enabling environment for the differently-abled neglected by society.
He started Thresyamma Memorial Hospital in 2005 under NK Mathew Charitable Trust in 4.35 acres of land. In December 2012, he handed over the seven-storied building with a built-in area of 42,000 sq. ft. to the government free of cost.
