A surgeon at Waikato Hospital was surprised to find a patient he was treating in the emergency department was the man he trained under nearly 20 years ago.
Sydney-based cardiac surgeon Bill Meldrum-Hanna, 61, was in Turangi on holiday when he fell from his bike, breaking his ribs and vertebra on August 15.
Nand Kejriwal was the cardio-thoracic surgeon assigned to his case when Mr Meldrum-Hanna arrived at Waikato Hospital.
It was only when the operation was finished Mr Kejriwal realised his patient had a familiar name.
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