Frederick Zammit Maempel and John Samut Tagliaferro write:
Denis Soler was our good and trusted friend for 50-odd years. We met as university students joining the course of medicine, and by divine providence we were thrown together for the next five years in the same students group. It was immediately clear that the good Lord had bestowed upon Denis a more than generous dollop of fine attributes, not least his imposing figure and keen intellect, and he employed these to the full.
Denis was hard-working and focused, but also had a sense of humour and a contagious liking for harmless mischief, with an easy propensity to chuckle, and his demeanour helped ease the demanding five-year stint of undergraduate medical study.
He graduated in 1973 at the top end of class and decided that general practice was his calling. He soon established a highly successful practice, principally in the Sliema area, and was much loved by his many patients, not only because he was a true professional, a caring physician, knowledgeable and meticulous, but also because of his pleasant character and evident humanity.
Denis was a leader and a great organiser, determined on establishing family practice in...
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