Rustom Soonawala Dies: Padma Shri Awardee Gynaecologist, Who Assisted in Births of Bollywood’s Babies, Passes Away at 95
Dr Rustom Soonawala, a pioneering figure in women’s health and family planning, passed away on Sunday at the age of 95 after a prolonged illness. A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1991, Dr Soonawala is celebrated for inventing the polyethylene intrauterine device (IUD) in the 1960s, a safer alternative that revolutionised contraception.