Dr. Malcolm LOCK, A Community Doctor Who Repeatedly Stepped Up to Serve as the Community’s Medical Officer of Health, has died.
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John Bell, The Acting Flesh of the Newly Formd Grand Erie Public Health Board, Said Lock’s Career was a testament to his unwavering commitment to booth his private general practitioner and public health.
“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Malcolm Lock, who served for over Two Decades as a Medical Officer of Health in our Community,” Bell Said.
“His leadership in Public Health significantly improved the Well-Being of Our Community.”
Lock was acting moh for geph and in recent weekes has been dealing with a measles outbreak in the area.
LOCK WAS A LONG TIME FAMILY Doctor in BRANTFORD when, in 2002, he Became the Answer to a Big Community Problem.
With the Departure of the Previous Moh That Year, No Qualified Doctors Could Be Found To Take On The Job and Support from Adjacent Public Health Agencies was Waning.
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In a controversial move, lock agreed to step in for 30 hours a weekend, as long as he could also maintaining His Brant Family Practice.
“He’s been here for quite a while. He knows the community, he’s committed to the community and he’s not planning to leave, “Said Helen Mulligan, the flesh of the health board at the time.
By 2006, the job had clearly expanded to take up much more of lock’s time and, in September that year, he closed his family practiced and was the full-time medical officer of health.
AS A Doctor Shortage-And an Even More Serious Shortage of Doctors Qualified in Public Health-Affected Ontario, Lock Stepped Up Again to Share His Time as the Acting Moh for Years in Haldimand-Norfolk after Attacts to get that Area’s Own Moh Proveed Futile.
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In 2018, After Dealing With All Three Communities, He ‘Downsized’ to Just Serving Brant County and, in 2019 He announced His retirement, Saying He Wanted to Travel, spend Time with his wife, Patricia, Get back into recreational flying or even pick up a teaching gig.
But then CAME COVID-19.
LOCK BEGAN Assting Other Health Units With the Pandemic Response and, in 2021, Returned to Brant as the temporary moh.
He made Himself Available to the Health Unit When Other Mohs Left for New Jobs and, Most Recently, was named the backup moh as brant country public health and haldimand-norfolk public health mealth merged to become large erie public health.
Over the Years, Lock Dealt With Viral Outbreaks, Ticks, Rabies, Opioid Deaths, Gas Leaks and Those Challenging the Importance of Vaccinations.
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Two of his Biggest Tests Came at the Beginning of His Tenure As He Dealt With Sars in 2003 and in 2015 when a food-borne illness sickened about 100 Staff from Brantford’s Child Protection Services Agency.
LOCK GRADUATED from the Royal College of Surgeons School of Medicine in Ireland in 1973 and Moved to the Brantford Area to Set Up a Private Practice, Which Hentantaine for More Than Three Decades.
“He provided in countless patients,” Said Bell.
“His dedication to individual patient care and broad public Health Initiatives Will Leave a Lasting Legacy.”
Coun. Dan McCreary, who Served on the Health Board for Years With Lock, Said the Doctor Was Studious, Academic in His Approach and very Dedicated.
“He was brilliant as well. He knew what was happening in public health as it circled the globe and he was always up on trends. It’s a huge loss to our community and to Haldimand and Norfolk. ”
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