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14 July 2017 -

Perspective can bring calm

Advice from his Wits neurosurgery professor many years ago put Dr Gabriel Koz (MBBCh 1958) onto a winding path – literally – to a state of calm. That advice was to aim for two things: providing patients with excellent care; and being of service to the community.

, until recently Medical Director of Eastern State Hospital in Williamsburg, VA (USA), organised the funding and the volunteers to build a labyrinth in the grounds of the psychiatric hospital.

Following the paths marked out by low walls is a calming exercise, not a challenge like finding your way out of a maze.

A plaque on the labyrinth reads: “For centuries, the labyrinth has been used to promote healing, connection, community and peace.”