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Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, August 29, 1995 --13 "4 If you have story ideas or would like to advertise on the Citizen's Fifty Plus Lifestyles pages please call 985-6397. Medicine takes him from Calcutta to Port Perry by Heather McCrae Eight months ago when John Forster was scanning the ads in a medical journal he spotted one from the Medical Associates of Port Perry seeking a practitioner at their clinic. . As of July 2, Dr. Forster filled the vacancy and is now "tHe new doctor" in town. While he's new to us, he isn't new in his profession. At 52, he's had an extensive medical career. After graduating from the University of Durham in England in 1966 with his Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery, he immigrated to Canada. Since, he's had family practices in Mississauga, Ottawa, Hornepayne and St. John's, Nfld. Throughout these years Dr. Forster has been associated with several universities, too, in the Dr. John Forster. ANNOUNCEMENT FAIERS B.Sc., M.CI. Sc., Reg. OSLA, BC-HIS GAYLE capacity of Assistant Professor and eventually, Professor, in the Departments of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Memorial University of Newfoundland! | All the years he was associated with the universities he wrote, and had published, much on the reform of health care system. He continued to practice family medicine, as well, leading a full, yet busy life. But, in 1994, he felt a need for a change. "lI was becoming weary of university politics and was ready for a change, * he told the Citizen recently in an interview. So, after resigning, he took a year's Sabbatical which led him to the small northern Ontario town of Hornepayne. In this town of 15,000, he was a locum doctor at the Hornepayne Community Hospital. Home for six acute care beds, Dr. Forster remained there until his arrival in Port Perry last month. Probably the mpst dramatic experience in his medical career was when he volunteered his services to work with the Mother Teresa Sisters of Charity in Calcutta in 1989. Giving up his holidays that year, he arrived in India with just a few clothes ina backpack and" worked with the Sisters in a 128 Page Book and 30 Minute Video Kits - dealing with a variety of conditions such as Asthma, Arthritis, High Blood Pressyre, and more. Reg. $29.95 ed. 2 tor $9.99 BRUTON BIG 'V' DRUG STORE 268 Queen St; PORT PERRY street clinic and the Centre for Dying Destitutes, for which Mother Teresa is famous for founding in 1952. "I had some incredible experignces," he told the Citizen. Witnessing huge volumes of people suffering from leprosy, poverty, TB, parasites and "more infectious diseases than you can think of", he's given several slide shows across Canada on his moving experiences. Knowing the importance of being healthy and fit, Dr. Forster enjoys running and cycling and when he left Ottawa he had the most points in tetrathlon Clark Ostomy Supply Co. COLOSTOMY, ILEOSTOMY, UROSTOMY APPLIANCES 21 Years Experignce Now Located in Scugog 15501 East 1/4 Ling, Nestleton (905) 986-1164 or Toll Free 1-800-371-0163 Pickup or 1-2 Day Delivery Service -- (running, biking and swimming) in the "over 50" category and has run in 12 - 26 mile marathons throughout Canada in the last 12 years. Since arriving in Port Perry, he's enjoying his new practice. "Seeing people from the cradle to the grave," he says he's struck by the group of conscientious, well- organized and hard-working group of doctors in town. While most doctors, when they arrive, are just beginning their medical careers, this isn't the case with Dr. Forster. He plans on finishing his career here. 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