After completing years of training that started with a dream to become a doctor, local neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi has performed several high-risk operations since assuming his post at the Georgetown Public Hospital, including on a police constable who was shot in the head.
Dr Dukhi told Stabroek News that he had dreamt of becoming a doctor since the tender age of seven. Having attained that goal, he took his dream to its zenith, specialising in neurosurgery. It was late last year that he finally completed his residency in Cuba, having performed over 500 spine and brain surgeries.
Dr Dukhi has been stationed at the Georgetown Public Hospital since January and so far he has