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Olevs Kaju (born on December 13, 1964 in Aizpute, died on July 27, 2019 in Riga) was a doctor of medical sciences, surgeon, a member of EAS APP (European Association for the Study of Acute Abdominal Pain), as well as a member of Latvian Medical Association and  Latvian Association of Surgeons.

Biography
He was born in Aizpute on December 13, 1964, in the family of RasmaKaju (maiden name - Treigūte) and Ilo Kaju. His mother, Rasma Kaju(1934-1995) was a permanent director of the Liepaja Medical College, and she also worked as a surgeon. His father, Ilo Kaju (June 25, 1931 - June 21, 1999) was an Estonian from Saaremaa.Ilo Kaju's father was Taavi Kaju (1890–1959) and his mother was Ingele Kaju (1894–1944).

Olevs Kaju spent his childhood and adolescence in Liepaja. His parents have a house in the city center at 18 Kr.Valdemara Street. He graduated from Liepaja 1. Middleschool(now renamed as Liepaja State Gymnasium 1). At school, he took an active part in sports and won many championships in Liepaja and Latvia in track and field. He is also interested in German, and in the spare time, he learnt German language with German translator Silvija Gibiete (Silvija Ģibiete).

He spent two years as a male nurse at the Liepaja Municipal Hospital(now renamed as Liepaja Regional). During this time, he went to work at Chernobyl and became a liquidator (driver of heavy machinery) of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. Between 1987 and 1993, he studied at the Riga Medical College (also known as the Latvian Medical College) and received his medical degree in 1993.

In Latvia, the head of the family center of surgery clinic, and P.Stradins clinical university hospital (Vladimir Utkins-surgery clinic). He served as head of the emergency department at Jurmala Hospital. He worked at Jurmala Hospital from 2008 to 2019, his last working place.

Author of the book "Acute abdominal pain: diagnostics and differential diagnostics" (Riga: National Press, 2005).