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Ophthalmic surgeon Dr Leon Vaughan dies in car accident

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Dr Leon Vaughan, prominent ophthalmologist, speaking on drug Aristopharma at the 2016 Ophthalmology Society of Jamaica symposium in Kingston. (Photo: Facebook @ra.williamsdistributors)

Dr Leon Vaughan, one of Jamaica’s leading ophthalmologists, died today (August 5) in a car accident along Acadia Drive in St Andrew.

It is believed that he had chest pains, possibly the on-comings of a heart attack.

In 2015, Vaughan was the head of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Bustamante Children’s Hospital.

He went on to establish his own successful practice on Ardenne Road.

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