![On the left, Peter Watters sits on his bed in Leeds accommodation as a student, and on the right, he stands in his paramedic uniform](http://www.leeds.ac.uk/images/resized/600x300-0-0-1-80-Frame_1__98_.png)
Leeds alum becomes paramedic at 64
To Peter Watters (Pharmacology 1980), age is just a number. After a varied career in teaching and IT, he retrained to work as a paramedic on the NHS frontline, aged 64.
To Peter Watters (Pharmacology 1980), age is just a number. After a varied career in teaching and IT, he retrained to work as a paramedic on the NHS frontline, aged 64.
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