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Dr. Peter Broad

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Description: Feilding Doctor, Peter Broad, was inducted as New Zealand Medical Association President, at its conference in Palmerston North on Thursday, March 17, 1983. He trained at the Otago Medical School and served in the Middle East during World War II. On his return to New Zealand he was appointed Surgical Registrar to the Palmerston North Hospital Board. Dr. Broad has spent most of his practising years in the Manawatu. He commenced General Practise in Feilding in 1948, and his many local patients will testify to the untiring and caring work he has done in the community during his 35 years in the town. In 1949 he rejoined the Palmerston North Hospital staff as a visiting anaesthetist and was instrumental in setting up the Department of Anaesthesia. Dr. Broad has also played a leading role in the family training scheme for young doctors, which has now become a part of the qualification requirements for future General Practioners. In the local community Dr. Broad has always been a willing volunteer for St John Ambulance Brigade lectures and examinations, he has been a Director of Ranfurly Private Hospital for over thirty years with numerous sporting activities in an honorary capacity.