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Asset Name:
E001252 - Selvachandran, Prince Selvadurai (1938 - 2009)
Title:
Selvachandran, Prince Selvadurai (1938 - 2009)
Author:
John Blandy
Identifier:
RCS: E001252
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-06-16
Description:
Obituary for Selvachandran, Prince Selvadurai (1938 - 2009), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Selvachandran, Prince Selvadurai
Date of Birth:
4 January 1938
Date of Death:
1 May 2009
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1971

MB BS Vellore 1963

FRCS Edin 1970
Details:
Prince Selvadurai Selvachandran was head of surgery at the Green Memorial Hospital in Manipay, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, until it was virtually destroyed in the civil war. He was born on 4 January 1938, the son of S S Selvadurai, principal of the American Mission College, Udupiddy, treasurer of the Jaffna diocese of the Church of South India, and a leader of the Jaffna community. Selvachandran and his brother, Benjamin Selvarajan, were educated at their father's college and then at Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai. They then went on to train in medicine at the Christian Medical College in Vellore. There Selvachandran met his future wife, Brenda. Selvachandran then returned to Jaffna, to the Green Memorial Hospital, Manipay, the oldest medical school in Ceylon, which had been founded as an American mission hospital in 1848. There he continued to work, eventually becoming medical superintendent and head of surgery. He moved to the Channel Islands, to Jersey, in 1984, where he became an associate specialist in general surgery. Sadly, he developed Alzheimer's disease and died on 1 May 2009 leaving his widow Brenda and their three children, Brinthini, Suthan and Sashi.
Sources:
Information from B S Selvarajan

www.csijaffnadiocese.com
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001200-E001299
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