Ernest Garside Brewin was a consultant thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. He was born in Batley, Yorkshire, on 22 February 1930, the son of Willie Beaumont Brewin, a warehouse manager. His mother's maiden name was Garside. He was educated at Carlinghow Elementary Sch

Lieutenant General Anand Mohan Ahuja was a pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon in the Indian Armed Forces Medical Services. He was born at Lyallpur in the Punjab region of India on 1 November 1923, the second of five brothers. His father was Jivan Das Ahuja, a physician, who encouraged all his sons to