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We are very sorry that an error during production resulted in the
photograph for the obituary for Prakash Dayanand Shrivastava (BMJ
2010;340:c1170) being published in the obituary for Sarosh Dhunjishaw
Vakil (BMJ 2010;340:c1173) in this week’s print issue, 6 March (p 537).
A correction will be published in the next print issue (13 March).
We apologise for any distress caused to the families and friends of
the two doctors.
Sarosh Vakil
I was saddened to hear of the death of Sarosh Vakil. He was a fine
neurologist, a
great entertainer and his parties were legendary.
As a young GP who had done a little neurology, we met at the house of
an
elderly man who had Subacute Combined Degeneration of his spinal cord. Not
only was this the first (and only) time I had ever seen this condition but
it landed
me the job of Clinical Assistant in neurology.
Competing interests:
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