Prof Deva (left) visits a psychosocial rehabilitation centre he helped set up by donating his consultancy fees in Dili, Timor Leste, in 2018. — Photos: Datuk Dr ANDREW MOHANRAJ
Just last week (Aug 3-6, 2022) at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Bangkok, Thailand, almost every senior psychiatrist there asked after Professor Dr M. Parameshvara Deva, aware that he was ill, but somehow still optimistic that he was recuperating at home under the loving care of his wife Prof Dr Jenny P. Deva.
When the news came out that he had passed away n Aug 7 (2022), it was difficult for us to accept the reality.
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