Jamaica has lost a distinguished medical practitioner and one of those quiet community figures whose influence extended far beyond the walls of the consulting room. The passing of Dr Ouida Golding-Beecher marks the end of a life of professional excellence, compassionate care, Christian faith, and devoted service to the people of Manchester and Jamaica.

For many families in Mandeville and beyond, Dr Golding-Beecher was part of the rhythm of family life itself – present in moments of illness, fear, uncertainty, healing, and hope.

Long before medicine became dominated by hurried consultations and technological distance, she represented a generation of physicians who still practised medicine as vocation, relationship, and ministry.