Deoroop Gurprasad Obituary

Dr. Deoroop Gurprasad
Deoroop was born on October 30, 1957 at No. 69 Village, Guyana and grew up in Yakusari, BBP. He gained entry to the prestigious Queens College in 1968 and went on to Medical School in India, eventually specializing in Psychiatry at the University of Maryland. He spent his professional years caring for his beloved patients at Taylor Manor Hospital where he was Service Chief until his retirement. His pride and joy were his two children Amrita and Davendra and his twelve siblings, relatives and friends who remained dear to him. A devout Hindu, he remained proud of his Brahmin-pandit heritage and modest upbringing.
Deoroop (Bisham) was the son of the late Sunny Maraj and Durpati Tiwari and brother of: Leela Sarjoo, Mattie Roopnarine, Basdeo Gurprasad, Data Hartmann, Narine Gurprasad, Chan Gurprasad, Lee Gurprasad, Nalini Gurprasad-Kruse and Nandi (Naresh) Gurprasad, and the late Betty Beezmohun, Bob Tiwari Gurprasad and Paro Persaud.
He is the Uncle of Ahilya, Naresh, Usha, Sharmilla, Vidya, Vishti, Savi, Suresh, Subhash, Chris, Elizabeth, Devi, Ricky, Natasha, Ryan, Tasha, Andrew, Tiffany, Raphael and the late Rudra and Nadira. Nephew of Pandit Shreenarine Tiwari and Saloo Surujnarain, the late Pandit Manan, Pandit Ramrup, Ramkumar, Mrs Sugi Bachu Singh and others.
Deoroop excelled academically and was a talented cricketer, starring at Queens, captaining his University team and training with the 1st class Ranji team. With limited options and resources to continue his studies in Guyana he set off to India at the tender age of 17 for pre-medical studies. He selected Psychiatry after his interview at the University of Kansas, where the dean told him it would be a great loss to the profession if he chose another field, as they'd never had anyone score as high as he did in the history of the school.
As a doctor, Deoroop was respected and appreciated by colleagues and patients alike, not only as an expert diagnostician but as a thoughtful, empathetic person who ensured that all patients felt regarded as someone important and interesting. He was known to take an hour or more with new patients, not because he had the luxury of time, but because he wanted to fully understand and serve them.
Deoroop was a regular at Orioles and Commanders games, maintaining season tickets and closely watching cricket, even due to be at Lords next week. In recent years, he traveled extensively to see close relatives and friends, with highlights including his trip to Guyana and spending an entire afternoon in Barbados at the house of Sir Gary Sobers, a boyhood hero for him (and many of us). On the subject of heroes, he rated his children, parents, uncles and siblings - whose sacrifice and support he never forgot.
Rest in peace, raise your bat to the crowd and remain forever not-out.
Om Shanti.
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