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THE PLEASURE AND PAIN OF SURE TRAVEL

Dr Phillip Chapman is a man who has seen both sides of the slab. From charging below-sea-level drops at Shipstern’s Bluff, to making clutch decisions in the operating theatre as he regards the lives of patients lying on the slab in front of him in the Trauma Unit.

Phillip Chapman is a surfer first, a doctor second and, quite often, he’s had to be both at the same time. The 53-year-old ex Capetonian, who now calls West Australia home, has seen his fair share of close calls in the water and fortunately for

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