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Ian Fraser (surgeon)
Sir Ian Fraser FRSE PRCSI PBMA DSO OBE LLD (1901–1999) was a Northern Irish[1] surgeon. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1954-1956 and was President of the British Medical Association. In the Second World War he was responsible for the implementation of the widespread use of the newly discovered penicillin throughout military hospitals, saving tens of thousands of lives. He was described as "Northern Ireland's best-known surgeon".[2]
He was a lifelong campaigner for the harmonisation of relationships between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The Sir Ian Fraser Theatre in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, his named in his honour.[3]
- ^ https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:380785/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E008602%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier
- ^ The Independent (newspaper) obituary 28 May 1999
- ^ Down, K-Point Internet Solutions - Warrenpoint, Newry, County. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". newulsterbiography.co.uk.
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