About - Hamilton Lake Clinic

We are Hamilton-based General Practice Located in the heart of the town. We provide a wide range of service to our clients which Include General practice, mole screening, skin cancer diagnosis, skin cancer surgery, Minor Surgery, Travel medicine consults, Home visits to those registered patients who are unable to come in because of health reasons ( Palliative patients). We believe in maintaining a long-term Doctor-patient relationship and focus on providing continuity of care to our patients. We believe that affordable health care should be provided to all and are striving to provide best possible access to those who need it the most at best price allowed under the current funding system to the clinic.

The clinic has been established with a view that the health care should be accessible to all patients when they need it. We believe that to make this possible it is important to maintain a certain doctor-patient ratio and we intend not to exceed that. The clinic is all about practising fair and responsible medicine and support people to the best of our ability within the community by providing a wide range of services and procedures under one roof.

The Doctors

Dr. Lakhminder Sandhu

MBBS, FRNZCGP, FAEG, Dip in Travel Medicine, Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynecology (India)

Dr Sandhu graduated from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi in 2001. She then trained as a Gynaecologist in India and worked as a Family planning officer at Military hospital Amritsar. She immigrated to NZ in 2007 and worked in a general practice as a Medical Receptionist and then as physician assistant. She later worked at Waikato hospital in Department of Orthopedics, Oncology, General Surgery and Neurology.

Dr Sandhu is now a Fellow of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. She holds a Diploma in Travel Medicine from Otago University. She is an accredited Yellow fever vaccinator. She is a trained Medical LASER operator and carries out and supervises laser hair removal procedures at our Skin Logics clinic. Her special interest is in Women’s health, Family Planning, Travel Medicine, Child health and Elderly health care.

Dr. Dilawar Singh

MBBS, FRNZCGP, FAEG, Dip. Skin cancer medicine and Surgery, Diploma in Dermoscopy (SCCA), Diploma in Cosmetic medicine ( NZSCM), FRNZCUCP

Dr Singh graduated from Delhi University in 1997. He served the Indian army as a medical officer till 2007 when he immigrated to New Zealand. He worked as a Registrar in the Emergency department for 3 years at Waikato hospital before getting into General practice.

He is a Fellow of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He holds a Diploma in Skin cancer Medicine and Surgery, Diploma in Dermoscopy, Diploma in Cosmetic Medicine and is a Member of NewZealand society of cosmetic medicine. He is also a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care Physicians. He has a special interest in Skin Cancer surgery, Mole checks, Cosmetic Medicine, Emergency care, Minor surgery.

Dr Meenakshi Prasad

Dr. Patrick Yee

MBChB, MRNZCGP

Dr. Yee graduated from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has spent time working in Christchurch and at Waikato Hospital.

Dr. Umo Ofonime Umoh

MBBS

Dr. Umoh graduated from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. He has previous experience working in Africa, the West Indies, the USA and in New Zealand. He is currently working as a locum GP at Hamilton Lake Clinic. He has strong interests in migrant health and Urgent Care medicine.

Dr. Aung Kyaw

Dr Kyaw graduated from University of Medicine (1), Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Burma) in 2008. He immigrated to the UK in 2009 and worked in various medical specialities before entering GP training. He finished GP training in the UK and gained membership of Royal college of General Practitioners (UK). He had been practising as a GP in Manchester, UK before moving to New Zealand. He fluents in Both Burmese and English languages.