Hawke s Bay doctor David Shipp remembered
17 Dec, 2020 09:06 PM
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The late Hawke s Bay Dr David Shipp is fondly remembered as treating everyone with respect. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
(MBChB ( Otago) FRANZCR ( Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists )
David was born in Chesham, England in 1948 and he schooled in Hampshire and Sussex where he played rugby and cricket while his parents lived in Africa. His father flew for West African Airways Corporation.
In 1961, David s family immigrated to Nelson where he attended Nelson College. He then went on to study medicine at Otago University, graduating with an MBChB in 1972. It was at university that he met Kim and they married in 1971. Within 10 years they had three children; Mai, Lan and Peter.
Faculty of Radiation Oncology 2018 workforce census: the status of the radiation oncology workforce in New Zealand
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