Shiv Pande
Professor Shiv Pande FRCGP | |
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 Shiv Pande, 2018 | |
| Born | 25 October 1938 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Vikram University |
| Occupation | General practitioner |
| Years active | 30 |
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| Medical career | |
| Profession | Physician |
| Field | General practice |
Shiv Pande
He has helped raise funds for charity, including arranging a joint India-Pakistan cricket team to play against "the rest of the world" in 1985 to raise money for Mother Teresa's charity and the orphans of the
Early life and family
Pande was born on 25 October 1938 in central British India.[1][2] Since his father had a business in Bombay (now Mumbai), Pande was able to stay with him and complete his early education in Mumbai.[2]
Pande married Kala and they have three children, including two who became GPs.[1][3]
Surgical career
After completing his
He initially worked in
General practice
By 1975, his children were settling into secondary school and there were increasing job opportunities in general practice. He completed his one-year vocational training in Liverpool and whilst job searching, worked as a GP locum prior to being taken on as a partner with another Asian-born GP who had suffered a heart attack.
Being single-handed and unable to always use an expensive locum service meant that Pande had to be available to patients twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. Other difficulties included some female patients not wishing to disclose their problems to a male doctor. However, as an independent practitioner with some autonomy in decision-making, Pande had the freedom to appoint assistance from a nurse, and in Liverpool was the first single-handed GP to do so.[1][7]
Television
Pande became involved in television programmes for Asian people,
The show introduced Pande to numerous allied health professionals including dieticians and social workers, and he extended their services to his own practice, providing "children's health checks, vaccinations, and family-planning clinics".[1]
He worked as broadcaster for the BBC North West TV and BBC Radio Merseyside, and for 24 years has been a Justice of Peace on the Liverpool bench. In 2002, he was appointed a
Other roles
Pande has been chairman of the British International Doctors' Association, (BIDA), previously known as the Overseas Doctors Association (ODA). He was the first Asian doctor to be elected as treasurer of the General Medical Council.[2][9]
PLAB
In 1996, Pande initiated and oversaw the pilot of the first part of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) test to be held in India. The innovation allowed thousands of young Indian doctors to sit the exam in their home country, rather than in Britain.[5][10]
Charity
In 1984, Pande arranged for India's World Cup-winning cricketers to be involved in coaching unemployed Liverpool youngsters when the Indian cricketers visited the city in 1984.[5][11]
A year later, hoping to achieve a similar success as the music world had done for the Ethiopian famine victims with
In addition, he raised funds for the
Retirement
After 30 years in general practice,[17] Pande retired in 2005.[3]
In 2016, Pande was appointed visiting professor in ethics and leadership at Gauhati University, India.[18] A year later, he was appointed visiting professor at the University of Bolton.[11]
In 2018, his story was part of an exhibition at the RCGP in London on South Asian migrant doctors in the UK.
Awards
- Pande was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Central Lancashire in recognition of his contribution to the community.[3]
- In 1989, he received an MBE.[3]
- In 2004, Pande received the
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Interview: 'I was the first single-handed GP in Liverpool to employ a practice nurse' | GPonline". www.gponline.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Nurturing the Nation :: Biographies". www.nurturingthenation.org.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Merseyside doctor receives honorary fellowship for years of community work". Liverpool Echo. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "NHS at 70: why South Asian doctors became the 'lifeblood' of the health service". i. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "UK varsity to honour Indian doctor for being 'a superb role model'". Hindustantimes. October 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Indian-origin doctor Shiv Pande receives honorary fellowship in UK". The Indian Express. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "How thousands of South Asian doctors helped keep the NHS afloat". www.sundaytimes.lk. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9781784991302.
- ^ "Archive | News |". University of Central Lancashire. 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "NRI doctor Shiv Pande wins Asian Jewel Award, "life time achievement award 2004"". www.nriinternet.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ a b "70th Anniversary NHS, the huge contribution made by overseas doctors" (PDF). The Journal of the British International Doctors' Association Issue. 24: 21. 2 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Stars Help Victims". Manchester Evening News. 28 August 1985.
- ^ a b c d Majumder, Manab (22 August 1985). "Manchester donation for Bhopal fund". India Weekly.
- ^ "GP sets up charity raffles of cricket mementos". General Practitioner. 16 August 1985.
- ^ a b Fitzpatrick, Paul (29 August 1985). "Kalli shows rest the way home". The Guardian.
- ^ "Lloyd Skippers World Line-up". The Daily Telegraph. 22 August 1985. p. 22.
- ^ "The debt that the NHS and the Country owes to immigrants". But what does Richard Kemp think?. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Horasis Global Meeting, 2016" (PDF). www.horasis.org. 13–15 June 2016.
- ^ "Migrants who made the NHS: College pays tribute to GPs who served patients – and the profession – during difficult times in the history of general practice". www.rcgp.org.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Migrant architects of the NHS". Manchester University Press. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
External links
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