Letter: Dr. Brown saved my life

I love Bermuda and my family and I now live in North Carolina.  I’m a former patient of Dr. Ewart Brown.

First I’m a retired employee of the New York Times. 

Prior to that and over thirty years ago, I initially became a patient of Dr. Ewart Brown while we both lived in Los Angeles.  I’m a 63-year-old white female who would not be alive today were it not for the caring medical treatment I received from Dr. Brown.

I have always considered Dr. Brown not just my personal doctor, but a close friend as well.  Having known him for over thirty years, I’m truly astounded by what I regularly see portrayed in the Bermuda Press of this person.  The person often maligned in your daily press is not the person I’ve known for most of my adult life.

As I write this, I’m practically in tears as I recall not only the medical treatment I received from Dr. Brown that saved my life, but also his overall kindness and empathy for me that literally changed my life for the better. 

He’s an incredible person who always went beyond his medical obligations to patients.  He never saw the colour of any individual. He only saw the person.

I know Bermuda is a very beautiful and wonderful place to visit.  It surely must be in having produced someone such as Dr. Brown.

B. Kaye Smith-Orman, North Carolina