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Dr Sebastian Yuen 2013-02-15 Person 5 5 0

I am a "professional" parent: someone with a child with complex illness who needed frequent hospital inpatient care. You get to see, and know well, a lot of medical staff and you quickly find out who knows their stuff and who to trust. Dr Yuen certainly knew his stuff, I always relaxed when he was treating my daughter. He was also honest, unpatronising and listened very carefully to what we said. We saw Dr Yuen a lot when my daughter was a paediatric oncology patient. When she became seriously unwell Dr Yuen stayed with her for her scan and ensured I knew how worried they were without frightening me. He had the awful job of breaking the worst possible news; that my daughter only had a short time left to live. He knew it would break my heart but he gave me the news sensitively, honestly and compassionately. I am so grateful he took the time I needed to talk properly to me and for his compassion. My daughter thought he was lovely and would tolerate him treating her when others couldn't get near her. I can't recommend him highly enough and I wish there were more like him. Thank you.