Goa, May 9 -- Her colleagues called Professor Dr Elvira Dias 'An Angel from Goa', in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Ob-Gyn) Department at the Rodolf Virchow Krankenhous (Hospital) in Berlin, West Germany, where she worked in the early 1960s. A medical professor with a beautiful combination of intellect and heart. Privileged to have the opportunity till her ninth decade, to us, she was lovingly called Madam Dias.

Elvira de Souza was born in Nairobi, Africa and was the eldest of five siblings. She studied Medicine in Bombay (now Mumbai) at the Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital qualifying for the MBBS Degree, followed by her post graduation at LT Medical College and Sion Hospital where she qualified for the MD Degree in Obstetrics a...