We would like to thank all family and friends who have asked about making donations in lieu of flowers and/or to support something that was important to mum.

Those who knew our mum well would know how much Sikhism was important to her, her generosity – particularly with regards to food and hospitality, Elders day centre, and her great seamstress skills. We will be making arrangements to ensure that all of these are honoured and continued in our mother’s memory.

However, again as many of you may be aware, our mum had been poorly for a time and was being treated by consultant specialists at Derby City Royal Hospital, in particular Dr Robert Berg.

Dr Berg was extremely kind and gentle with our mum and we would like to support his continued work in this area, particularly his research as medical research is also an area which her grand-daughter Sanjana wishes to pursue.

Below are some details about Dr Berg, and his work.

Dr Robert Berg MBChB FCP (SA) FRCP

Rob graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1994. After experience in medicine and anaesthetics, he specialised in general and respiratory medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital. He has been a consultant in respiratory medicine in Derby since 2005. He is lead for interstitial lung disease, and has recently started a joint rheumatology/ILD clinic in conjunction with Marian Regan (consultant rheumatologist). He is a member of the Midlands ILD consortium, and is involved in collaborative ILD research with Nottingham. Rob's other interests include thoracoscopy, pneumonia, lung cancer and pulmonary vascular disease. He also contributes to the respiratory clinic at Ilkeston Hospital.

Rob is a sports enthusiast, plays cricket for the hospital side, and cycles to work come rain or snow. He enjoys fly-fishing and fell walking with his family.

Contact via Secretary, Tel (01332) 785712