One of Howick’s most prominent local practitioners has received a heartwarming farewell after taking an early retirement.
Dr Richard W Wong qualified as a General Practitioner (GP) from the University of Auckland in 1985 and five years later purchased the Juliet Avenue Surgery practice in Howick.
Ever since, Wong has run the practice, taking on approximately 2500 patients while simultaneously looking after four nursing homes in the area.
“He has three to four generations of families in his books and knows everything about them when you talk to him and his patients think the world of him,” an employee at the practice says.
Wong was farewelled on June 30 with patients going back over four generations calling in to wish him all the best in his next step.
“We wish him all the best in his retirement as he is now able to take up old hobbies, especially boating and fishing,” says the practice’s employees.
