Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a "loving" dad and grandfather who died a month after an alleged assault.
Dr Kim Harrison sustained a head damage in what authorities described as an alleged severe assault on the night of Saturday, March 12 in Clydach.
The 68-year-old was taken to hospital following the incident, however sadly handed away 4 weeks later on the College Hospital of Wales on April 9.
The dad-of-four and grandparent has been described by his devastated household as a “famend and revered physician” who was well-known throughout the medical subject in each Swansea and Cardiff, Wales On-line experiences.
Having moved to the Swansea space nearly 30 years in the past, Dr Harrison, who was a advisor chest doctor, was instrumental within the provision of respiratory care in Morriston Hospital.
As much as his dying he had been having fun with his retirement, having left the NHS in 2018 after a profession spanning almost 40 years.
“We're heartbroken to share the information that Dr Kim Harrison handed away on April 9, 2022, following a head damage,” his household stated in an announcement.
“Kim was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and pal - a person of nice persistence, modesty and integrity.
“Kim was a effectively famend and revered physician who strove to make sure that his sufferers had been at all times supplied the very best care.
"After coaching on the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, he labored carefully with colleagues to arrange the Respiratory Unit in Morriston Hospital and have become a world knowledgeable in pulmonary fibrosis.
"Kim was an enthusiastic instructor and taught many future medical doctors in Cardiff and Swansea Medical Faculties.
“Kim had just lately retired and was having fun with a lifetime of easy pleasures - cooking, gardening, music and researching his household historical past.
"He liked being along with his household and mates, and was enormously pleased with his 4 sons and child granddaughter. While we deeply mourn the lack of an distinctive man, we want to rejoice his fulfilled and comfortable life.
"His lasting achievements and our valuable reminiscences of him is not going to be forgotten.
"We significantly recognize the excellent care that Kim obtained from professionals on the College Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and the fantastic assist of household and mates.”
Swansea Bay College Well being Board has additionally paid tribute to Dr Harrison.
The well being board's medical director, Dr Richard Evans, stated: “We're deeply saddened to listen to of the dying of our former colleague Dr Kim Harrison, and supply our deepest condolences to his household and mates.
"Dr Harrison retired in 2018 after a profession within the NHS which spanned almost 4 many years.
"He was extremely expert, massively revered and really well liked by his many mates and colleagues and his sufferers.
"Dr Harrison moved to Swansea in 1994, organising the Respiratory Unit in Morriston Hospital.
"Initially, he developed the chest clinics, bronchoscopy service, Lung Operate laboratory and services for sleep research. He was additionally instrumental in organising the primary lung most cancers multi-disciplinary group in Swansea.
“All through his time in Swansea, Dr Harrison continued to pursue his analysis pursuits, which embrace pulmonary fibrosis and cough.
"He wrote greater than 60 papers in medical and scientific journals and quite a few chapters in books together with the Oxford Textbook of Drugs.
“Kim was an enthusiastic instructor and arrange the Welsh Thoracic Medical Coaching Course for Specialist Registrars and have become Affiliate Professor and Lead for Respiratory educating at Swansea College.
"He can be significantly missed by the many individuals whose lives he touched over such a protracted and prestigious profession.”
Specifically skilled officers from South Wales Police proceed to assist Dr Harrison’s household, and an investigation is ongoing.
Police have confirmed that 37-year-old Daniel Harrison, who appeared in court docket in March charged with tried homicide, stays in police custody.
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