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Why Did I Become A Doctor South Africa

Scalpels & Sculptures — Dr Eric Louw on 36 Years of Small-Town Medicine

24 May 2026 · 2:01:18 · Episode 42

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Dr Eric Louw has been a family physician in Standerton, Mpumalanga since 1990. While many of his peers emigrated, he stayed — and built something rare: a full-service GP practice that does obstetrics, surgery, gastroscopies, ultrasounds, and procedures most specialists would hesitate to attempt in a small-town setting. In this conversation, Dr Louw talks about growing up in the gold fields of Virginia in the Free…

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