The obituary notice of Gordon SKINNER

Dr Skinner helped me come to terms with the death of my son.

I am truly heartbroken to discover that Dr Skinner has passed away. My reasons for feeling so sad will differ to most. On January 1st 1982 my 11 day old son died under very unusual circumstances. Having developed a sticky eye infection after birth my son went on to suffer widespread infection throughout his body and died from septicaemia. The tests from the post mortem revealed an extremely rare cause of death linked to a viral infection that should not have lead to his death had it been treated and tests showed equally that the viral infection was not passed to my son from me. Dr Skinners expertise opinion was given at the inquest. I was then a patient of Dr Skinners throughout my subsequent pregnancy and he ENSURED that all went well and my daughter was born healthy and strong. Some 20 years later I went to see Dr Skinner at his private practise as I had many questions to ask him about my son that had frustrated me for years. He recognised me instantly! i sat with him for 90 minutes and he remembered every detail of my sons tragic death. He sat patiently and answered every question I asked him. For the first time in 20 years my heart lifted...it all made sense...he made sense of it. I will never forget him, he was so kind and caring towards me and helped me so much with something only he could help me with. I feel so sad, he touched the very heart of me. My daughter is now 30 years old and I am so grateful to him that she survived under his care. RIP....you are missed greatly.