Georgetown: Reputable Pulmonologist, Dr Moti Lall, who over the years served the health sector diligently, has died. He was said to be suffering from a heart condition and was ailing of recent. He succumbed to his condition yesterday morning four days shy of his 70th birthday.
Dr. Lall, who was raised on the East Coast of Demerara, was the eldest of five children born to Suraj and Betty Lall on January 14, 1942. His years as a health professional has spanned about four decades, which saw him becoming renowned for his priceless contributions to the treatment and diagnosis of pulmonary diseases. He also became especially popular for his work in the area of addressing (TB) which he had considered a major threat to public health.
Over the years he remained one of the few health professionals that worked assiduously towards the reduction of TB locally. His dedication to the field also saw him being featured in this publication as a Special Person last year February.
Just last year too he alluded to the need for more funding, and the training of health professionals as two crucial factors to aid the fight against TB. Dr. Lall has for many years been directing his services to the fight against this disease which he insisted was yet a serious threat to the health sector.
He explained that with the occurrence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) the scourge of the disease has intensified considerably. “We have found that TB is a so-called by product of AIDS and what we have found also is that when most AIDS victims die the cause of death is usually TB.” It is for this very reason Dr. Lall had spoken of the urgent need for more attention and an increase in the budgetary allocation to help combat the disease. He had asserted that the disease is on the increase.
Up until the time of his death he operated a clinic at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, which catered for many who had confidence in his professional capability.
Dr. Lall leaves to mourn his wife, Chitra, and three children to whom sincere condolences are already being directed.
A message from the New Jersey Arya Samaj / Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission said that Dr. Lall’s demise came as “a great shock and loss to many he had touched during his years.”
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