Medical missionary and former health minister Tanzania (b 1906; q the London Hospital 1929; FRCS (hon)), d 7 February 2003.
Leader Dominic Stirling arrived in what was then Tanganyika in 1935 as a medical missionary. After a short period working in Masasi he moved to a more remote area to design and build his first hospital. He dealt with surgical emergencies of all types and designed an operation for elephantiasis of the scrotum. After 14 years he moved to another area, where he again designed and built a hospital, which is still in use today. He was the first doctor in Tanzania to start nurse training. His final move was to the slopes of Kilimanjaro, where he supervised the building of yet another hospital. He was an MP from before independence in 1961 until 1983, and at the age of 70 he became Tanzania's minister of health for six years. He leaves his second wife, Annah Chisonga.
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