Jack Preger, Kolkata’s ‘Pavement Doctor’, died on Oct 31 in Norfolk, UK, after a brief illness. He was 96. Over nearly four decades, he treated some of Kolkata’s poorest and most vulnerable people, earning his nickname for his work on the city’s pavements.
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Jack Preger, Kolkata’s ‘Pavement Doctor’, dies in Norfolk at 96
Jack Preger, known as Kolkata’s Pavement Doctor, died on Oct 31 in Norfolk, UK, after a brief illness. He was 96 and had spent nearly four decades treating the city’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
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Jack Preger, Kolkata’s ‘Pavement Doctor’, dies in Norfolk at 96Photo via Times of India — Kolkata
