Kai Lau
BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7503.1334-d (Published 02 June 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:1334
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Kai Lau
Former consultant in communicable disease control North West London Health Protection Unit (b Singapore 1945; q National University of Singapore 1971; DTM&H, DIH, MSc, MFCM, FFPHM), died from a subarachnoid haemorrhage on 24 March 2005.
After qualification he served in the Singapore armed forces and studied at the universities of Liverpool, Dundee, and Edinburgh. He was made a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (Community) Medicine. In 1989 he was appointed consultant in communicable diseases for Parkside Health Authority, and in following years for Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority, Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust, and lastly the North West London Health Protection Unit.
Kai Lau had a distinguished career as a consultant in communicable disease control. Despite numerous reorganisations within north-west London and the field of disease control, he remained a committed and enthusiastic practitioner, with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge and an unfailing willingness to assist colleagues both within the NHS and in local government. A very private man, with a passion for and great knowledge of music, his sudden death was a shock to his many friends.
He was single. [Patricia Hamilton]