The Royal College of Physicians today (4 Jan) announced the death from COVID-19 of its Registrar, Professor Donal O’Donoghue.
Donal was a staunch supporter of acute medicine and a friend of the Society for Acute Medicine.
He opened our last face-to-face conference in Harrogate and was always a voice of common sense and good reasoning in a hectic world.
He will be greatly missed for his humour, kindness, clinical acumen and intelligence.
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