The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 279 No 7460 p58
14 July 2007

Society summary

Findlay On 8 June, Matthew Findlay, MRPharmS, aged 90, of 5 Solway Rise, Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield, Derbyshire S18 8ZR. Mr Findlay registered in 1950.

Hampson On 10 June, Robert William Hampson, MRPharmS, of 49 Oakdene Avenue, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6DY. Mr Hampson registered in 1965.

Kanutin On 22 June, Harold Kanutin, MRPharmS, aged 79, of 70 Tower Court, Westcliff Parade, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 7QH. Mr Kanutin registered in 1954.

Nasim On 11 June, Sana Nasim, aged 22, pharmacy undergraduate at the School of Pharmacy, University of London. See tribute

Tribute

Bailey In a tribute to the late Penelope Anne Bailey (PJ, 23 June, p753), GILL and ALLAN BEBB, JIM BARKER, GERRY DOUGLAS and HANDEL WALTERS write:

It was with great sadness that we, her contemporaries on the pharmaceutical chemist qualifying course, Welsh School of Pharmacy, 1964–67, heard of the untimely death of Penny Bailey. One of a small number of the fairer sex in an intake of around three dozen in September 1964, Penny marked her presence and contribution to group cohesion by exhibiting the utmost feminine charm while seeming to be a fully paid up member of “one of the lads”. How we all admired her wit and intelligence in any context, academic or social.

Her developing relationship with David may have disappointed an unknown few among our year. Her commitment and integrity resulted in marriage and eventually to the raising of three marvellous children, all utterly devoted to her, and, of course, the devotion was reciprocated. When family commitments lessened, Penny was a welcome returnee to practice in the Cardiff area.

Her mature outlook on life and work enabled her rapidly to re-engage in professional work as a pharmacist and to take on management responsibility at the Cardiff Royal Group of Hospitals and then for the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust at Llandough Hospital, where she was closely involved in implementing systems for the use of patients’ own drugs during inpatient stays.

Penny’s commitment to her family and her love of classical music, particularly Wagner, gave her great fulfilment and also helped sustain her as serious illness cruelly struck at such a tragically early age. Out of sight and contact with many of her year mates, Penny faced her predicament with courage and fortitude to the end. It became too late for many of us to say “goodbye”. Our memories of Penny are all we have left: they are sweet and happy, and of a classmate by whose acquaintance we feel enriched for the effect she had on our lives.

We send our heartfelt sympathy to David, Russell, Lowri and Ceri in their sad loss.

Nasim In a tribute to the late Sana Nasim, FELICITY SMITH, MARGARET STONE, KEVIN TAYLOR and AMANDA WILGOSS write:

It was with great sadness that staff and students of the School of Pharmacy, University of London, learnt of the death of Sana Nasim, one of our undergraduates. Sana enrolled at the school in 2002 and was nearing completion of her third year of study.

In May 2004 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease, for which she received extensive chemotherapy and later a stem cell transplant. Latterly, she had taken the decision to discontinue treatment to enjoy her remaining time with her family and as a student.

Sana had, in spite of deteriorating health, in the past few weeks completed and submitted her third-year literature review, on her chosen subject “palliative care in cancer patients”. Sana was determined to complete this comprehensive report on time, and her unique perspective, particularly on the impact of palliative care on the lives of carers and family added considerable insight and poignancy to her writing.

Sana was a gifted student and relished her studies, which assumed increasing importance for her as her illness developed. She won third place in the 2006 Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Health Sciences and Practice Student Essay Competition for an essay describing her expectations and experiences of her pharmacy degree, in which her desire and determination to practise as a community pharmacist was clearly articulated.

Sana was a genuinely lovely individual with a great sense of humour, which she retained to the end, with her perceptive and hilarious impersonations of her hospital consultants and taxi drivers. Her great ambition was to complete her MPharm studies and become a pharmacist. She had many friends among the students and staff of the School of Pharmacy, contributed greatly to the life of the school, and will be greatly missed.

Our thoughts go out to her parents Qamar and Ruksham, her brother and sister–in-law Umar and Sobya, and her sister and brother-in-law Jamal and Tanveer.