Tina Chan

Consultant anaesthetist King's College Hospital, London (b 1966; q Dundee 1990; FRCA), died from breast cancer on 26 August 2004.

Tina worked almost entirely at or around King's throughout her career. She was straightforward in all interactions and never put on airs or graces. Almost at the end of her training Tina was diagnosed as having breast cancer. She went through surgery with the minimum of time off sick, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, when she mostly continued to work. Tina went on to be appointed as a consultant at King's and had a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia. She was in her element on the labour ward and loved getting research and audit projects going. However, the breast cancer recurred. Against all odds Tina made it back to work for a few months in 2004. She leaves a husband, Wei, and a son.