General practitioner Mapperley, Nottingham, 1965-91 (b Lahore, India, 1921; q Lahore 1945; BSc), died from a liver abscess on 14 April 2005.
Figure 1.
After house jobs in Lahore he was forced by the partition of India to move south across the new border to remain within India. In 1952 he studied for the diploma in tuberculous diseases and subsequently became medical officer in charge of a sanatorium in Himachal Pradesh and then medical officer co-ordinating the BCG vaccination programme in Delhi. He decided in 1958 to come to the United Kingdom, and after working at several hospitals in northern England set up in general practice in Nottingham. He was the first general practitioner from the Asian subcontinent in Nottingham. He leaves a wife, Ved; three children; and three grandsons.
Supplementary Material
Longer versions of these obituaries are available on bmj.com
Associated Data
This section collects any data citations, data availability statements, or supplementary materials included in this article.
