Dr Deena Padayachee, the only South African medical doctor to have won the Olive Schreiner Prize and the Nadine Gordimer Prize. His short stories have been anthologized in a host of collections including Penguin, U. of Cambridge and Reader's Digest best short stories. Recently he was asked to make the farewell speech for a caring, compassionate doctor who was leaving their Free Clinic. So he read out the following poem to the large gathering, which included the Superintendent