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Meg Patterson
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| Born |
Margaret Angus Ingram
9 November 1922 |
| Died | 25 July 2002 (aged 79) Lanark, Scotland
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| Nationality | Scottish |
| Education | University of Aberdeen (MBChB) University of Edinburgh (MD) |
| Occupation | surgeon |
| Known for | Neuro-electric therapy |
| Relatives | George Patterson |
Margaret Angus Patterson MBE (9 November 1922 – 25 July 2002) was a Scottish surgeon and medical missionary in India and Hong Kong.
Early life and education
Margaret Angus Ingram was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1922. The daughter of Alexander Ingram, she was the youngest of five children. Patterson started medical school at 21 during World War II, and qualified as a member Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons when she was 25, the only woman in the group.
Career
Patterson went to India as a medical missionary. While in India she met George Patterson in Kalimpong and they married in 1953; the couple were committed Christians. George Patterson had become famous through his involvement with the Dalai Lama, and his reporting on the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the subsequent events in China's annexation of Tibet. For her work establishing and expanding clinics in India she was awarded the MBE in 1961.
In 1964, she moved to Hong Kong with her husband, where she was appointed surgeon-in-charge at Tung Wah Hospital. They remained in Hong Kong until 1973.
Death and legacy
In 1999, Patterson had a major stroke a week after opening a clinic in Tijuana. In 2001, she and her husband returned to Scotland, where she died on 25 July 2002. She was survived by her husband, a daughter, two sons, and five grandchildren.
Awards and honours
- MBE, 1961
