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The late Dr. Peter Are was originally from Gumine District of the Chimbu Province. He is one of the few consultant dentists in Papua New Guinea. After, completing his residency at Arawa General Hospital he moved to Mt Hagen General Hospital. He fell in love with the place & decided to make home there. For the last 26 years he has built one of the well established dental units in the country at Mt Hagen General Hospital, until his death on the 3^rd of November 2008. He went abroad to Australia for 2 years and has achieved a Masters Degree in Dental Public Health and then returned to Mt Hagen. Apart from that one of his outstanding achievements was the establishment of the National Doctors’ Association (NDA) with other senior colleagues. Papua New Guinean doctors are some of the smartest and hardest working doctors in the world but the least paid. With the efforts of the NDA, the government is eventually recognising their services.

Dr. Are has put in so much energy, time and in fact his entire life to fight for the rights of the country’s doctors and his immediate community, enduring all his private hardships in silence, masked by his everlasting smiling face. In the end he lost his wife, his house, his family, his rights and the allowances he fought for and ultimately his own life. He has died of myocardial infarct (heart attack), while discussing NDA matters, with his colleagues. Dr. Are is a true Papua New Guinean who gave up himself for the betterment of this country. Rest in peace Dr. Are and we salute you for your outstanding efforts and achievements.