John C. Martin, who died on Tuesday, was first big donor for liver hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Gilead Sciences boss John C. Martin, who passed away on Tuesday, had a $8 million connection with Calcutta, where his money helped set up a liver hospital that caters to underprivileged people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had donated $3 million to set up the Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences at Sonarpur, on the southern fringes of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had also pledged another $5 million to build a research centre at the institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abhijit Chowdhury, the secretary of Liver Foundation, which has built the Sonarpur hospital where people are treated at a subsidised rate, narrated to Metro on Wednesday how Martin had helped them build the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cJohn C. Martin was the first big donor for the project. It was after his donation that other donors came forward to help the $5 million project,\u201d said Chowdhury, also the head of the Institute of Liver Diseases at SSKM Hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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