An Indian-origin surgeon from Burton, who has helped saving many lives, has been honoured by Amnesty International as part of International Women's Day.
Dr Jyoti Shah, one of the two female surgeons at Burton's Queen's Hospital, features on a map highlighting the extraordinary work of women across the country, the Burton Mail has reported.
Amnesty International UK, the Human rights organisation, launched its Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain to celebrate the ground-breaking work being carried out by women in their communities, 100 years on from first winning the right to vote. It then worked with newspaper groups including Archant, Newsquest, Trinity Mirror, Johnston Press, metro.co.uk, marieclaire.co.uk and stylist.co.uk to spot women who continue to personify the suffragette spirit - 'today's female human rights defenders'.
The search found women all across the UK who are setting up support groups to help refugees, tackle issues of domestic abuse through theatre, tackle bullying in schools, establish charities to deal with period and clothing poverty, stand up for pensioners' rights, campaigning for better facilities for disabled people and many other initiatives.
Dr Jyoti a Macmillan consultant urological surgeon, has helped saved many lives with her campaign 'Inspire Health – Fighting Prostate Cancer' which she set up with advanced nurse practitioner Sarah Minns. The campaign has seen hundreds of men in the community educated on and tested for prostate cancer. Jyoti and Sarah also appeared on BBC's One Show to raise awareness of their project.
Jyoti told Burton on Mail: "I'm very humbled and very surprised, I wasn't expecting it.
"There are some amazing people on the map so what am I doing on there?! It's lovely and very kind, its very kind of everyone."
