Mr Pradu Dayaram, of Arnold Valley, ONZM, for services to orthopaedics.
Mr Pradu Dayaram, of Arnold Valley, ONZM, for services to orthopaedics.
Pradu Dayaram has been an Orthopaedic surgeon on the West Coast for more than 35 years, being sole Orthopaedic surgeon in the region for ten years. He has operated following major incidents, including Cave Creek and Pike River. He spent hours training his own theatre staff and junior doctors around New Zealand. His theatre was regarded as one of the best nationally, with low infection rates, shortest hospital stays and best patient control. He was the first Orthopaedic surgeon in New Zealand to become a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He led the West Coast in many ‘first’ surgeries in New Zealand. Mr Dayaram was Lead Clinician of the newly built Te Nikau Grey Hospital in 2020.