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Dr Sandeepa Singh – Humble Background is no limit to dream

Dr Sandeepa Rajbaran Singh’s journey towards the appointment as Head of the Department of the Maxillofacial and Oral Radiology (MOR) at SMU began in the year 2000 when she qualified as the first black student to have been awarded the SADA (South African Dental Association) Gold Medal in Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape (UWC).

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