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From humble beginnings growing up in the working-class area of Jackson, St Michael, Dr Corey Forde has become one of the most prominent figures and faces in Barbados’ COVID-19 battle.
The island’s lone infectious disease specialist, who is National Co-ordinator of Isolation Facilities for COVID-19 Management in Barbados, stands tall in his field.
Modesty shrouds the remarkable achievements of the former student of Sharon Primary School and the Alleyne School, who always wanted to be a doctor – a lofty aspiration, given the modest circumstances in which he was raised by working- class grandparents after losing his mother.