Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

111 earned the nickname of “The Guru.” Dr. Ghouralal went on to serve as President of the Medical Association in 1964, and was assistant Hospital Medical Director between 1970 and 1982, finally retiring in 1985. • 1980 Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association Scroll of Honour • 1989 Chaconia Medal Gold BARBARA HULL (1939- ) F or 27 years she contributed to public health and disease control in T&T. She researched the spread of HTLV-1 and HIV and led the Global Polio Eradication Program of the World Health Organisation (WHO). She prepared us for the 1972 polio outbreak and discovered 2 new strains of yellow fever and a seasonal virus that caused gastrointestinal disease in children. In 1986 she received T&T’s Medal of Merit Gold. WINSTON INCE (1930- ) T unapuna-born Dr. Winston Ince was one of the early experts in the field of heart medicine (cardiology). During his career he introduced echocardiography to the Port of Spain General Hospital and got free open-heart surgery for children. He has written and published many medical features in regional and international journals. He attended La Brea R.C. School and St. Mary’s College. He obtained postgraduate diplomas of Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), Edinburgh specialising in cardiology in 1960 and the MRCP, London in 1961. For more than 50 years, his career was focused on clinical medicine, clinical cardiology and teaching medical students in the UWI Eastern Caribbean Medical Scheme. He managed and developed the Paediatric