Obituaries

(This obituary was first printed in The New Zealand Medical Journal*)

John Hiddlestone died in Nelson on 27 January, aged 82.

(Contributed by Dr Peter Semple)

Matriculating at Glasgow University at 16, Tommy qualified BSc then later MBChB (1938) and MD (1945).

(Contributed by Dr Christine Evans MD FRCSEd )

Consultant Physician Merseyside Dr Heinz Fuld was born in Germany, his father a managing director of an asphalt factory later...

(Contributed by his son, Reza Sayeed)

Akram Sayeed, who died on 18 January 2008 aged 72, was a highly respected Leicester general practitioner and a pioneering and influential...

Contributed by Dr Hasnain Ali Shah)

Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto, the charismatic leader of a major political party in Pakistan was assassinated in a campaign rally in Rawalpindi on 27th December...

(Contributed by his son and daughters)

The son of a farmer, Tommy spent his early years in East Lothian.

(Contributed by his family)

Dr Devabrata Roy passed away on December 6th, 2007 as a result of gastric carcinoma, leaving behind his wife Dr Shipra Das, a medical...

(Contributed by Professor Ejaz Ahmed Vohra, FRCP Edin)

Dr Muhammad Ameen Memon was born in 1934 at Rajkot, now part of Gujarat (India).

Sheenah Russell died aged 86, in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary where she had worked for many years as its first consultant paediatrician.

Having previously attended both the High School of Glasgow and Glasgow Academy, Harold Woolfson qualified in 1950 from Anderson College of Medicine and Glasgow University becoming a single-handed general practitioner...

Dr Gavin Shaw who died on 11 November 2007 at the age of 88 was one of Glasgow's best known physicians and made immense contributions to cardiac research, to...

(Contributed by Dr David Portsmouth)

After qualifying and completing house appointments, Ronald served in the RAF in Egypt, later spending a year as Research Fellow in Vancouver.