Island Life Magazine Ltd June/July 2010 | Page 152
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Island Life - June/July 2010
Photo: Dr Lawrence pictured with his team outside the Endocrinology Dpt.
Extreme changes for Dr
Lawrence and his family
By: Roz Whistance
‘WHAT I enjoy now is following things
never been to the Isle of Wight before two
through. It’s very rewarding, seeing an
years ago when he took up his job: “My
unconscious patient and doing something
wife loved coming here as a child, and we
to try to make them better. But this is one
thought it ideal to bring up our own little
of the few medical specialties where I can
girls here, aged three and six.”
actually get to know my patients over the
course of their illness.”
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The change from urban to rural life might
be extreme, but if there was ever a man to
This is Dr Victor Lawrence, explaining
dispel any idea that we on the Island are
why he made the unusual career change
up a bit of a backwater when it comes to
from Intensive Care specialist in London to
medical care, it is Dr Lawrence. Having
Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at
spent time working in intensive care in
St Mary’s Hospital. He has been asked about
Sydney, Australia, he returned to find himself
the contrast between life in London and on
persuaded to make the move to become a
the Island, and admits with a grin that he’d
specialist in Diabetes and Endocrinology, and
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