Sat Mehta was born in India. He was five years old when he and his family became refugees, caught up in the biggest migration in modern history at the time of Independence in 1947. Once very wealthy farmers, the Mehtas became homeless and destitute.
Later Sat suffered a broken arm. Amputation seemed inevitable. As the eight-year-old lay in hospital, a world famous surgeon, Professor Robert Roaf, strode on to the ward, choosing “hopeless cases” to help. Sat got a second chance. The gratitude he felt for the great man’s skill and expertise shaped the rest of Sat’s life.
Sat qualified as a doctor and arrived in England in 1966. Sat traced the Professor to Liverpool — where, at last, he could say Thank you!
“I have served in Yorkshire for over 30 years as a consultant surgeon. Now I have time to look back, I realise extraordinary events have shaped the life of a very ordinary man.
“My story is of a disappearing world, a land of sadhus, snakes and baking sun, monkeys, monsoons and murders. As a boy, I saw it all.”
Later Sat suffered a broken arm. Amputation seemed inevitable. As the eight-year-old lay in hospital, a world famous surgeon, Professor Robert Roaf, strode on to the ward, choosing “hopeless cases” to help. Sat got a second chance. The gratitude he felt for the great man’s skill and expertise shaped the rest of Sat’s life.
Sat qualified as a doctor and arrived in England in 1966. Sat traced the Professor to Liverpool — where, at last, he could say Thank you!
“I have served in Yorkshire for over 30 years as a consultant surgeon. Now I have time to look back, I realise extraordinary events have shaped the life of a very ordinary man.
“My story is of a disappearing world, a land of sadhus, snakes and baking sun, monkeys, monsoons and murders. As a boy, I saw it all.”
