{"id":181609,"date":"2023-08-04T15:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=181609"},"modified":"2023-08-04T15:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:52:32","slug":"the-uwi-mourns-the-passing-of-one-of-its-first-students-dame-dr-ruby-lake-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-uwi-mourns-the-passing-of-one-of-its-first-students-dame-dr-ruby-lake-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"The UWI mourns the passing of one of its first students, Dame Dr. Ruby Lake Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UWI, <\/span><\/span>Regional Headquarters, Jamaica<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>August 04, 2023<\/span><\/span>\u2014<\/span><\/span>The University of the West Indies <\/span><\/span>community is<\/span><\/span> mourning<\/span><\/span> the <\/span><\/span>loss <\/span><\/span>of one of its first student<\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span>, Dame <\/span><\/span>Dr.<\/span><\/span> Ruby Lake<\/span><\/span> Richards<\/span><\/span> who passed away earlier this week<\/span><\/span> at age 101<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Dame Ruby was<\/span><\/span> one of<\/span><\/span> two remaining members of<\/span><\/span> the first <\/span><\/span>cohort of <\/span><\/span>33 medical students who attended The UWI (then University College of the West Indies).<\/span><\/span> She was also the first female, UWI graduate from Antigua and Barbuda<\/span><\/span> and<\/span><\/span> was honoured with an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from The UWI Five Islands Campus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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D<\/span><\/span>ame<\/span><\/span> Ruby <\/span><\/span>was <\/span><\/span>regarded as one of Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s outstanding medical professionals. She started her journey in 1948<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> pursuing<\/span><\/span> medicine at the University College of the West <\/span><\/span>Indies.<\/span><\/span> Of that inaugural class, she was one of ten women enrolled. She earned her medical degree in 1954 and then moved on to an internship at the <\/span><\/span>Holberton<\/span><\/span> Hospital in St. John\u2019s, Antigua. Next, she alternated between the Carty\u2019s Hill Clinic in <\/span><\/span>Glanvilles<\/span><\/span>\u2014where she worked as a parish doctor\u2014and her private practice, which she opened in the city.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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In 1967, <\/span><\/span>she<\/span><\/span> migrated to Canada with her husband Sir Novelle Hamilton Richards, who was appointed by the Governments of the Eastern Caribbean to be the first Diplomatic Trade Commissioner to Canada. She pursued <\/span><\/span>her <\/span><\/span>postgraduate study<\/span><\/span> in Canada and <\/span><\/span>completed <\/span><\/span>her specialis<\/span><\/span>ation in Child <\/span><\/span>and Adolescent Psychiatry at<\/span><\/span> Mc Gill University. In 1977, <\/span><\/span>she<\/span><\/span> received her Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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She <\/span><\/span>also <\/span><\/span>worked at the Reddy Memorial Hospital and the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital in Canada before completing<\/span><\/span> her residency in child and adolescent psychiatry at McGill University. <\/span><\/span>At McGill, <\/span><\/span>she <\/span><\/span>was employed as<\/span><\/span> a lecturer assigned to the Department of Psychiatry, which she combined, with her role as a Psychiatrist at the Douglas Mental Health Universit<\/span><\/span>y for nearly 40 years. <\/span><\/span>She<\/span><\/span> retired in 2015 at the age <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>93<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 2021, <\/span><\/span>at a special convocation <\/span><\/span>hosted by <\/span><\/span>The UWI Five Islands Campus, she was conferred <\/span><\/span>an<\/span><\/span> honorary degree, the first Honorary Doctorate given by the <\/span><\/span>C<\/span><\/span>ampus. Later that year, <\/span><\/span>she was <\/span><\/span>also <\/span><\/span>honoured <\/span><\/span>by the<\/span><\/span> G<\/span><\/span>overnment of Antigua and Barbuda <\/span><\/span>with the <\/span><\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>Dame Grand Cross of The Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (DGCN)<\/span><\/span>\u2019<\/span><\/span> for <\/span><\/span>her <\/span><\/span>outstanding contribution in the field of medicine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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Extending his sympathy, <\/span><\/span>Vice-Chancellor <\/span><\/span>of <\/span><\/span>The<\/span><\/span> UWI,<\/span><\/span> Professor Sir Hilary<\/span><\/span> Beckles<\/span><\/span> said, \u201c<\/span><\/span>This is a deep loss for our community<\/span><\/span>. Dame Ruby<\/span><\/span>was a cherished <\/span><\/span>icon<\/span><\/span> who<\/span><\/span> lived a life of service<\/span><\/span> here<\/span><\/span> in the Caribbean and <\/span><\/span>internationally,<\/span><\/span> an attribute of a true UWI graduate. The University and region <\/span><\/span>are<\/span><\/span> at a loss from <\/span><\/span>her <\/span><\/span>passing<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>Our only solace is<\/span><\/span> that we were able to bestow her <\/span><\/span>flowers and celebrate her while she was alive<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Pro Vice-<\/span><\/span>Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Justin Robinson<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> in expressing his condolences on behalf of the Five Islands Campus said<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span>\u201cThe<\/span><\/span> passing of the last of our first group of students from Antigua and Barbuda at The UWI represents a moment of major significance for the university. Our opening batsmen and women started our tradition of excellence and blaz<\/span><\/span>ed a trail for all to follow. \u00a0<\/span><\/span>As we celebrate our 75th anniversary and look forward to a century of excellence<\/span><\/span>,<\/span><\/span> we pause to celebr<\/span><\/span>ate <\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span>life <\/span><\/span>of Dame <\/span><\/span>Dr.<\/span><\/span> Ruby Lake-Richards, <\/span><\/span>one of UWI’s finest alumna.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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The University of the West Indies extends its <\/span><\/span>deepest <\/span><\/span>condolences to the family of Dame <\/span><\/span>Dr.<\/span><\/span> Ruby Lake-Richards<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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