If a young Heather Morris had her way, she would have become an artist, a pianist or even a lawyer but with guidance from her father she walked into the medical field and today as a dermatologist she is where she belongs. For her, treating skin diseases is more than just focusing on the condition but understanding the origin.
Dr Heather Morris-Wilson is the head of the Public Health Skin Clinic/National Leprosy Control Centre, where with her supportive staff of four other doctors, four nurses and a medical technologist she shines a light on the almost forgotten disease leprosy and also gives holistic treatment to the patients who walk through the door.
The centre is located in the compound of the Palms Geriatric Home on Brickdam, but about 13 clinics are held monthly around the country in an effort to identify new cases of leprosy.
