‘What happens in life is unpredictable’

Dr. Ravi Ramsewak discusses debilitating transverse myelitis diagnosis, long road to recovery

August 3, 2022 @ 10:06 amListowel Banner, Local News, News, Wingham Advance Times

Dr. Ravi Ramsewak, pictured in 2020 with his children Jaya, Aneal and Avi, and wife Amy. The Listowel resident was forced to give up his position as general surgeon for the Wingham, Palmerston and Listowel hospitals in 2018 following his diagnosis of transverse myelitis, a neurological condition that occurs when both sides of the same section of the spinal cord become inflamed, causing severe muscle function loss in Dr. Ramsewak’s case. (Submitted photo)
LISTOWEL – Life can change on a dime, and not always on the favourable side of the coin. This is a fact Dr. Ravi Ramsewak knows firsthand. The 55-year-old former general surgeon for the Listowel, Wingham and Palmerston hospitals received a life-altering diagnosis in October 2018. The native of Trinidad, who trained for his medical…
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