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Published:Thursday | September 2, 2021 | 12:10 AM
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Dr Derrick Aarons (centre) arrives at The Jamaica Pegasus for the launch of his book, ‘Vital Communications in Medicine’, along with his son Derek (left), senior business analyst, RJRGLEANER Communications Group, and his daughter Arielle, second-year student at St Mary’s College, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Dr Derrick Aarons (left) shares a jubilant moment with Professor Rainford Wilks, professor emeritus of epidemiology and former head of the Epidemiology Unit in the Tropical Medicine Research Institute. The two are Kingston College old boys, classmates and colleagues. Professor Wilks was a contributor to Dr Aarons’ empirical research in communications. The fully vaccinated doctors were comfortable enough to capture the unmasked moment on camera.
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The good doctor shares a priceless Fortis moment with fellow Kingston College old boys and colleagues. From left: Maurice Lewis, scientist; Professor Rainford Wilks, professor emeritus of epidemiology and former head of the Epidemiology Unit in the Tropical Medicine Research Institute; Dr Derrick Aarons; and Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby, former director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority.
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Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby (left), greets Norma Walters, custos of St Ann, at the book launch.
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Dr Derrick Aarons presents his colleague and friend Professor Denise Eldemire-Shearer with a branded box of herbal teas, courtesy of Jamaican Teas Limited.
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Leading bioethicist in the English-speaking Caribbean, Dr Derrick Aarons, recently launched his first book, Vital Communications in Medicine, along with website The Caribbean Bioethicist at caribbeanbioethicist.com, among a select audience of colleagues, family and friends at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in Kingston. Here are the social highlights.