Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E009129 - Chu, Eugene Poh Hwye (1932 - 2015)
Title:
Chu, Eugene Poh Hwye (1932 - 2015)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E009129
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-05-13
2019-05-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Chu, Eugene Poh Hwye (1932 - 2015), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Chu, Eugene Poh Hwye
Date of Birth:
1932
Date of Death:
10 August 2015
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Melbourne 1956
FRCS Edin 1959
FRCS 1960
Details:
Eugene Poh Hwye Chu was a general surgeon in Hong Kong. He studied medicine at Melbourne University graduating in 1956 and doing house jobs at the Prince Henry Hospital. Having passed the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1959, he passed the college fellowship the following year. He returned to Hong Kong where he worked in the Baptist Hospital in Kowloon Tong and also ran a successful private practice at his Tsim Sha Tsui clinic for show business celebrities. Among his patients were the veteran singer Anders Nelsson and the Tiawanese actress Betty Ting Pei. It was at her flat in Kowloon that the kung fu icon Bruce Lee died in his sleep in 1973. Chu was called in to give assistance but never once spoke about the incident.
He died of pancreatic cancer in Hong Kong on 10 August 2015 aged 84, survived by his son Philip.
Sources:
Dr Eugene Chu RIP 14 August 2015 www.tapatalk.com/groups/bruceleelivestributeforum/hong-kong-doctor-dr-eugene-chu-rip-t3429.html - accessed 17 April 2019
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009100-E009199
Media Type:
Unknown
