The name of Brandon Henry, a newly minted medical doctor, reverberated throughout the Main Medical Lecture Theatre at the University Hospital of the West Indies last Thursday as the former Wolmerian collected four awards, including one for achieving the best overall academic results across the UWI campuses in the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) May/June final examinations.

Two of his colleagues, Dr Marc-Anthony Davis and Dr Nethaneel Campbell, who also hail from the school at Heroes Circle in Kingston, were among the top achievers among approximately 80 new doctors who participated in the Pledge and Awards Ceremony for the Class of 2026. As part of the exercise, the new doctors recited the Hippocratic Oath.

The ceremony was characterised by intense celebrations as decibel levels peaked, pot covers clanked and tears flowed freely while proud parents cheered on their children, who had completed an arduous programme tested by a pandemic and, towards the end, buffeted by a Category 5 storm.