Stefan Varadi
Consultant haematologist Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, 1948-71 (b Sahy, Czechoslovakia, 1905; q Prague 1929; MD, FRCPath),
died after a long illness on 3 March 2002.
A physician at Charles University, Prague, he had to leave his country in 1939 after the Nazi occupation. He was put in charge
of the medical wards made available to the Czech troops in exile, first at Warwick, and later at the Hammersmith Hospital.
In 1945 he returned to the same post in the military hospital in Prague. Awarded the title of reader in medicine, he had to
leave again in 1947 after the communist takeover. Expertise in his subspecialty led to his appointment as consultant haematologist
in Sheffield. After retirement and a move to Middlesex his lively mind led him to undertake many locums. He was especially
proud of his description of Reed-Sternberg cells in bone marrow¾ Le Sang 1936¾ and his belated promotion to brigadier in the
Czech army in 2000. He leaves a wife, Lesley; a daughter; two grandchildren; and a great grandchild. [R Vaughan Jones]