Who was Sir John SR Golding?

Answer 1

Sir John SR Golding was an outstanding Orthopaedic Surgeon. John Golding was born in London and educated at Marlborough College, Cambridge University and the Middlesex Hospital where he was influenced by Philip Wiles. Military service took him to Egypt and he later worked at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. In 1953 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedics at the new University College of the West Indies in Jamaica. A year later the major epidemic of polio broke out in Jamaica. His handling of this disaster guaranteed success for many future ventures. He started schools for the handicapped, initially for those with polio and paraplegia, a company to employ the disabled, a farm for the handicapped, a Cheshire village, a fairground to employ the handicapped and to raise money for a rehabilitation centre, a prosthetics and orthotics centre, a physiotherapy school, a wheelchair sports programme, and a hospice. In addition, he initiated the introduction of safe driving laws and legal aid for the injured. He had a unique ability to see what was needed,

find like-minded people and set things in motion despite the economic woes of Jamaica. He was a great and kind man who gave up so much of his time and life for the people on Jamaica. He should never be forgotten.