View Full Version : TV RPA's Dr Chris O'Brien dies
fryingpan
5 Jun 2009, 12:22
http://www.villages.com.au/media/web-chris-obrien.jpg
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/821975/cancer-surgeon-chris-obrien-dies
Truly a sad day. Great doctor and from all reports a great man. Really gets to me that people like this get struck down with illness yet we've got so many ****heads in the world. :thumbsd:
What an inspirational man he was :thumbsu: RIP .. :(
BomberGal
5 Jun 2009, 13:00
RIP. :(
Even just last week on RPA they did an update on him, he was fighting so well...and now this. :( Left behind a great legacy though.
hey shorty
5 Jun 2009, 13:42
Very sad day this. Great doctor and an even greater man. I bought his book recently and its a good read, dont know if I can finish it anytime soon now.
RIP Dr Chris O'Brian, a truely great Australian :thumbsu::thumbsu:
Crash Davis
5 Jun 2009, 14:22
my wifes a nurse and we were watching rpa when he received his diagnosis. she said straight away that it doesn't look good and it's unlikely he'll make it (she sees this stuff nearly every day so she knows what shes on about).
over the last few months it appeared as though he was going okay and i said to her that i reckon she's wrong. she said that she wished she was but rarely does anyone survive the type that he had.
i'm stunned to hear that he died (didn't know about it until i saw this thread)
seemed to have a really good bedside manner with the patients and didn't appear to have any arrogance about him.
r.i.p.
RIP :(
Sad day, genuinely great and caring man. As mentioned before, why does someone as great and kind to general society as Chris was have to die when you have hundreds of criminals and bad people roaming our streets?
handy point
8 Jun 2009, 18:24
my wifes a nurse and we were watching rpa when he received his diagnosis. she said straight away that it doesn't look good and it's unlikely he'll make it (she sees this stuff nearly every day so she knows what shes on about).
over the last few months it appeared as though he was going okay and i said to her that i reckon she's wrong. she said that she wished she was but rarely does anyone survive the type that he had.
i'm stunned to hear that he died (didn't know about it until i saw this thread)
seemed to have a really good bedside manner with the patients and didn't appear to have any arrogance about him.
r.i.p.
Rarely does anyone make it past 2 years with the one he was diagnosed with. My father in law was diagnosed in June 05 with the same type (apparently only took a few months to develop), and made it to October 06.
Sad news, but he certainly fit a hell of a lot of good into his 50-something years.