Analysis - Deeply saddened as we in the South African health community were by the loss of Professor Jerry Hoosen Coovadia on 4 October 2023, I reflected on what he had come to mean in my medical career and in my life.
Deeply saddened as we in the South African health community were by the loss of Professor Jerry Hoosen Coovadia on 4 October 2023, I reflected on what he had come to mean in my medical career and in my life.
What stands out for me is his principled, pragmatic and compassionate approach to paediatrics and child health. And then how these principles were brought to bear in response to the HIV epidemic.In 1988 I found myself working to repay a government bursary at the quaint but very busy Eshowe Provincial Hospital in northern KwaZulu-Natal.
Paediatrics was no less terrifying than surgery or obstetrics. But we had the wonderful duo of Jenny Chapman guiding us in paediatrics and John Larson in obstetrics and gynaecology, and a library of important manuals and textbooks in the hospital boardroom. Throughout the next decade, our paths crossed frequently as we all took up the business of getting lifesaving HIV treatment to Africa. This meant building clinical evidence, writing guidelines and taking to the, from 2008 onwards, Prof Jerry's wisdom continued to be greatly valued. I always enjoyed hearing his opinion or proposed solution to a challenge. True to his nature, the proposal first and foremost had the child, the patient, their family and their community at the heart.
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