DR. ERNEST MILTON HEW

Dr. Ernest Milton Hew October 29, 1940 - December 5, 2025 Dr. Ernest Milton Hew passed away on December 5, 2025. He is survived by his kids, Julie, Susie (James Jin), Lucy (Ben Woo), Lisa, Janice (Ted Timar), Ben (Jacqueline Leung); and grandkids, Nicholas (Natasha), Magnus, Tristan, Selene, Brayden, Leo, Henry, Noelani, Sofia and Nyla. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, "Old Man" attended Cornwall College (1958) – DaCosta Cup and Olivier Shield, football – before completing medical school at the University of West Indies, Kingston, JA (1964) – Jamaica champion in badminton and an exceptional tennis player. Anaesthesia specialization: Rhodes Scholar, Magdalen College, Oxford University, England (1968), then Örnsköldsviks Sjukhus and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden. Settling down in Canada, dad worked at Mount Sinai Hospital, with extra weekend shifts in Thunder Bay, then Windsor Regional Hospital, and North York General Hospital [where he was awarded the 2005 Dr. Peter Newman Humanitarian Award for his life's work in Labour Epidurals (circa 1984), and SARS (2003)], followed by various Toronto pain and gastrointestinal clinics. Always with a strong mind, dad lived with determination and perseverance, deeply invested in the well-being of everyone he encountered. From his roots in Jamaica to a lifetime of service-supporting a family of six kids, training physicians and nurses in Canada and internationally, and caring for countless patients-we hope dad can now rest. Our family would like to thank everyone who assisted in his care, particularly Yvonne Sun, Sophie Wang, Jerry Sun, Edward Hew Sang, Randy Li and Graham Toomey. Dad chose to donate his body to the Division of Anatomy, University of Toronto. All are invited to join for a Celebration of Dr. Ernest Hew's Life (https://dr-ernest-hew.web.app/). Sharing thoughts and memories is more than enough. If you wish to make a gesture in honour of Dr. Ernest Hew, consider donating to the Cornwall College Foundation "Scholarship Fund" or University of the West Indies Medical Alumni Association (UWIMAA) Canada (details available on the Celebration of Life website link above). "Thou know'st 'tis common / All that lives must die, / Passing through nature to eternity." - Hamlet, William Shakespeare