About Tenzin Choedrak
Lived 1922 – 2001 (aged 78). Tenzin Choedrak was an academic, writer and physician.
Dr. Tenzin Choedrak (April 15, 1922 – April 6, 2001) was the Senior Personal Physician to the Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama), and was recognized as an esteemed master in the Tibetan medical tradition. He was imprisoned by the Chinese without any formal charge and subject to torture for 17 years. His total imprisonment lasted almost 22 years from 1959-1980.
In April 1995 he testified before the United States House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights where he related some of his experiences.
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Tibetan physician (1922-2001)
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Tenzin Choedrak was born on 15 April 1922.
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Tenzin Choedrak died on 6 April 2001 in Dharamshala.
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Tenzin Choedrak was an academic, writer and physician.
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