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=  Dr. Samuel Ghouralal =

Dr. Samuel Ghouralal rose to fame by virtue of his dedication to a profession that was non-existent in Trinidad and Tobago when he began to practise. He single-handedly established neurosurgery in Trinidad and Tobago, and, as he built the country’s capacity in that field, he adopted modern innovations to improve the treatment and diagnosis of patients’ disorders.

Early life
Samuel Frank Clarendon Ghouralal was born on 27th February, 1925 in Guapo, Trinidad, where he attended the village primary school. He began his secondary education at Naparima College and completed it at St. Mary’s College, before going to Canada to further his studies. In Montreal, he pursued his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MDCM) at the Medical School of McGill University, graduating in 1949. He was certified in neurosurgery in the state of New York in 1956, and returned to Trinidad that year, ignoring intense dissuasion from a senior official at the Ministry of Health in his home country, who advised that neurology was for “New York, Baltimore, Montreal or London.”