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Dr Anthony LewisDr Anthony Lewis was born in Jamaica. He won a government scholarship to Jamaica College, which he attended from 1954Ð61. From there he won a scholarship to study dentistry at the University of Leeds. He arrived in the UK in 1962, aged 19. He came over by plane. While studying at Leeds, where he had been the only Caribbean student, he worked as a dentist within the NHS, working in rural Yorkshire and the coalfields. He graduated in 1968 and got a job as a house officer at the Leeds Dental Hospital, where he worked until 1971. He returned to Jamaica, where he became the first dentist appointed to the Bustamante Hospital for Children. In 1999 he was appointed director of dental surgery in the Ministry of Health in Jamaica. He retired from the ministry in 2003 and now runs his own private practice in Barbados. Dr Anthony Lewis, 2005  |
Dr Stanley MoonsawmyDr Stanley Moonsawmy was born in Guyana. He attended primary and secondary school. In 1956, aged 19, he travelled to Scotland on board a French passenger liner, to study medicine at Edinburgh University. He trained at various hospitals in Edinburgh, graduating in 1965. He started work as a locum, progressing to the position of registrar. He worked at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, until 1973, when he went into general practice, taking over a single-handed practice from a Scottish doctor. Dr Moonsawmy outside his surgery in Loanhead, 2005  |
Dr Jean ParboosinghDr Jean Parboosingh was born in Jamaica. She attended high school until the age of 18. In 1959, aged 18, she travelled to the UK by ship. She went to Edinburgh where she studied medicine, graduating in 1965. Initially she worked as a houseman, before moving into general practice. In 1978 she and her husband, John Parboosingh, moved to Calgary, Canada. She obtained a masters in community health sciences and worked as a researcher and medical administrator. In 1993 the family moved to Ottawa. She continues to work with the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. Dr Jean Parboosingh, 2005  |
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