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I felt quite emotional when I read that Mr. Greaves had passed away;
all the memories of my time as a patient in UCH came flooding back. He
carried out bilateral lamellar corneal grafts on my eyes in 1974 and 1976
and made an excellent job of it. It was due to him that I decided to
follow a career in Ophthalmic nursing and indeed was able to pursue that
career. I now work as a Nurse Consultant at Bournemouth Eye Unit and will
be eternally grateful to him, he was a true gentleman and a wonderful
surgeon.
A true gentleman and excellent surgeon
I felt quite emotional when I read that Mr. Greaves had passed away;
all the memories of my time as a patient in UCH came flooding back. He
carried out bilateral lamellar corneal grafts on my eyes in 1974 and 1976
and made an excellent job of it. It was due to him that I decided to
follow a career in Ophthalmic nursing and indeed was able to pursue that
career. I now work as a Nurse Consultant at Bournemouth Eye Unit and will
be eternally grateful to him, he was a true gentleman and a wonderful
surgeon.
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