A former member of Parliament,[1] he was the first pediatrician appointed to the Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children.
Transferring to the Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children in December 1937, he was the first pediatrician appointed to the island and served till 1954.
[2] He was appointed an Officer in the Order of the British Empire in the 1952 Birthday Honours for services at the Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children.
Following his retirement from the medical service, he served as a consultant pediatrician at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children till 1978.
[3] He was appointed to the House of Representatives by the Governor-General, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke in 1960 and served till 1964.