10 years ago Alberto Gregori invited me to join NHS Lanarkshire. What prompted me to see yes, was a shared appreciation of the fact that by surrounding yourself with great people who have a can-do attitude, the impossible becomes possible. 

Alberto and his wife Tricia Connor were instrumental in transforming the A & E and orthopaedic departments in Hairmyres, a hospital famed for treating George Orwell for tuberculosis, as he penned part of 1984. Alberto was instrumental in introducing physician assistants to the UK. And he has been a trainer and educator of numerous PAs, doctors and orthopaedic surgeons. 

He and Trish left Hairmyres to pursue an even greater goal of healthcare in Africa, as chairman-elect a World Orthopedic concern, and also Flyspeck, or charities that are taking orthopaedic healthcare to parts of Africa,  Alberto discusses the impact COVID-19 and the lockdown has had on providing health care to some of the world's most needy.