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In Memoriam Dr Jagdip Sidhu 16 January 2019
A message from Professor Simon Ray, BCS President on behalf of Dr Winston Martin Dear Colleagues, It is with a very heavy heart that I have to inform the British
Cardiovascular community of the untimely death of our colleague and friend, Dr
Jagdip Sidhu. Jagdip was a hardworking, considerate and humble clinician who
always looked out for his colleagues, staff and his juniors. He was appointed
as consultant cardiologist to Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust (DGT) and
Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in 2007 and was instrumental in DGT
gaining recognition as a coronary interventional centre less than 2 years
later. As the lead clinician for cardiac services over the last 6
years, he worked tirelessly in pursuit of the development of the cardiology
department – establishing and supporting the local
community heart failure MDT meetings, succeeding in expanding the consultant
team from 4 to 6, raising the profile of Darent Valley Hospital to become part
of the cardiology specialist training rotation for Kent, Surrey & Sussex,
and co-developing services and MDTs with our tertiary centre partners – Guy’s
& St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital through the integration of digital
technologies as part of the recent Vanguard programme. He did all of this while
at the same time being a skilled coronary interventionalist and a dedicated cardiologist
to his many patients. He was always more than generous in giving his support
and sharing his expertise with his close and broader clinical colleagues in
every speciality including our local GPs in the management of their patients. He has left an enormous hole in our department, the trust and in our hearts and we can barely imagine the loss to his friends and his beautiful family. I’m sure you will all join me in extending the condolences of the entire membership of BCS to his wife Sacha, his children and family. Dr Jagdip Sidhu - born 5th January 1971, died 27th November 2018 Number of hits: 1059 Add Comments |
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