Former clinical medical officer in child health Lanarkshire NHS Trust, Scotland (b Salem, Tamilnadu, south India, 1937; q Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, south India, 1962), died from cardiac failure on 22 July 2004.
Saraswathi Mahalingam and her husband, Palanisamy Mahalingam, were the first members of the Jangam community to travel to and work in the United Kingdom. She was continuously employed in the NHS from 1969 until she retired in 2003. From 1993 she worked as a clinical medical officer in community child health at Lanarkshire NHS Trust (Airdrie and Coatbridge). The last 18 months of her life were plagued with ill health. Predeceased by her husband, she leaves two daughters.
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