Sat, 06 May 2017 13:57:26 +0000 By Bill Nelem I FIRST met Chifumbe Chintu in 1962 when we enrolled as classmates in medical school at the University of Toronto. He had come from Northern Rhodesia where they had no medical school at the time. In 1963, four events occurred that were relevant to both of us. First, we both passed our exams and moved into second year. Second, I was playing rugby for U of T at the time, and I was appointed to put together a track and field team from Medicine to compete at an inter-faculty track meet. We were a motley crowd with little apparent talent. I urged the lithesome Chifumbe Chintu to join our track team. ‘‘No, I’m out of shape, I’m not fit, I haven’t run for a long time,’’ Chifumbe responded. But I persisted, and Chifumbe did run. In fact, he ran and he ran and he ran. I […]
