Highly regarded retired Alcester GP Mohan Singh dies age 82
RETIRED Alcester GP Dr Mohan Singh died peacefully in Warwick Hospital on 24th October, his family have announced.
He died of prostate cancer, after being first diagnosed with the disease nearly 20 years ago.
Dr Singh was well known and highly regarded in Alcester having spent 37 years at Arrow Lodge Medical Centre, where he practised alongside his wife, Dr Rukmani Bulchand, until 2008. The couple lived at Arrow Lodge, Alcester, before moving to Bidford in 2018.
He was born on 20th March, 1940, in Ladysmith, South Africa, and grew up in the northern region of Kwazulu-Natal, on the east coast.
After primary school he went to live in Durban to attend Sastri College, a secondary school where he excelled, gaining a scholarship to read medicine – primarily, he admitted, to be with his future wife.
Following graduation, he had offers to work in New Zealand and the UK and decided on England as he felt the weather would be better. He worked as a junior doctor in several hospitals before starting GP training with Drs Doherty, Kavanagh and Cox at Bidford in 1970.
He moved to Alcester in 1971 after accepting an offer to join the practice of Dr Alsop and took over the practice in 1974. The surgery was based at Arrow Lodge until 1980 when it was expanded and moved to the purpose-built Arrow Lodge Medical Centre.
Dr Singh enjoyed the holistic and varied nature of general practice, providing care to generations of patients in Alcester and the surrounding villages.
His early life growing up on a farm also gave him a lifelong love of all things mechanical and he was always interested in new gadgets – from early mobile phones to cars, tractors and quad bikes. He is fondly remembered for this passion.
This also led to Arrow Lodge Medical Centre being one the first GP practices in the county to become computerised in the early 1990s.
His other passion was travel and following retirement, Dr Singh and his wife would spend winters in Goa.
Dr Bulchand and family said they have been touched by the tributes and kindness shown by friends, former colleagues and patients. They also sent their thanks to Sister Steffi and her team at Warwick Hospital.
Dr Singh’s life will be celebrated in a private ceremony. Anyone who would like to get in touch with the family can email drmbs20@gmail.com or call 07860 424734.
