Richard Thomson BUSH   
MB ChB (NZ), DCH, FRACP, FRCP (Lond)
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Born Gisborne 7/9/1927    Died Lower Hutt 4/2/2011

Educated at Kings College, Auckland

MB ChB (NZ) 1952, DCH 1956, MRCP (Lond) 1957, MRACP 1959, FRACP 1970,
FRCP (Lond) 1979

HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1953 - 1954
General practice in Otaki, 1955

Postgraduate studies in London 1955 - 1957
Senior HS, Paediatrics, North Middlesex Hospital, London 1956
HP, Edgeware General Hospital, London 1956 - 1957
Medical Registrar, Hutt Hospital 1958 - 1959

Paediatrician, Hutt Hospital 1960 - 1966
Paediatrician, Wellington Hospital 1967 - 1978
Paediatrician, Karitane Hospital 1967 - 1975
Awarded the Wolfson Travelling fellowship in 1973, with which he visited facilities in UK, Europe and USA, studying developmental paediatrics
Medical Director, Puketiro Centre 1975 - 1989

Medical Superintendent, Hutt Hospital 1985 - 1989
Deputy District Manager, Hutt District, Wellington Area Health Board 1989 - 1992
Chief Medical Advisor, Wellington Area Health Board 1992
Company Director, Capital and Coast Ltd, 1993 - 1999
Company Director, Lakeland Health Ltd, 1993 - 1997

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photograph courtesy
Wellington Hospital Paediatric Department Archive