PRAKASH DAS was born in the Jessore district of undivided Bengal, now part of Bangladesh. He is the eldest son in a family of two girls and five boys.
Following his study of medicine in Dhaka, he practised and taught medicine in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and Malawi and has written for a considerable number of publications on the subject of haematology and transfusion medicine.
He has previously written and published three books: ‘Small Steps’ - which describes a number of voluntary projects active in different parts of the world; ‘Searching for Clues: A Journey Around Medicine’ - a collection of previously unpublished medical articles and most recently ‘Didi’s Journey’ an intimate memoir of his beloved older sister....More
PRAKASH DAS was born in the Jessore district of undivided Bengal, now part of Bangladesh. He is the eldest son in a family of two girls and five boys.
Following his study of medicine in Dhaka, he practised and taught medicine in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and Malawi and has written for a considerable number of publications on the subject of haematology and transfusion medicine.
He has previously written and published three books: ‘Small Steps’ - which describes a number of voluntary projects active in different parts of the world; ‘Searching for Clues: A Journey Around Medicine’ - a collection of previously unpublished medical articles and most recently ‘Didi’s Journey’ an intimate memoir of his beloved older sister. Please visit www.smallstepsonline.net to find out more.
Combining academic and scientific research on to the front line of medical practice and to be of some assistance to the local community has always played a major role in his life.
He has received a Knighthood for his work in the Netherlands. Now retired, he lives with his wife, Margaret, in Stirling, Central Scotland.
