Ramesh Chandra Dhatariya

bmj;385/jun07_5/q1242/FAF1faRamesh Dhatariya, who was born in New Delhi, left school to work in his family business. He moved to Kolkata but realised after just a few years that he wanted to pursue a career in medicine. Against his family’s wishes he went to medical school where he gained a reputation as a force to be reckoned with who stood up for others who were less fortunate than him.When he declared that he was moving to the UK after qualification, his family kept his oldest son in India in an attempt to ensure he’d return. He arrived in the UK with £5 in his pocket—he promptly spent half of that on cigarettes. He spent the next six weeks living on peanuts and the generosity of strangers, a generosity he passed on to others for the rest of his life.Eventually, he got his first job in Greenock. He wanted to train as…
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