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Tragic death of Luka Randic ( s.carley) 13/05/2008, 18:20
It is with
great sadness that we let you know of the tragic death
of Luka Randic who died in a car accident on Sunday.
Luka was working at MRI with us and was personally known
to me since he was a 4th year medical
student.
Luka had a significant presence on these
fora and I know that many of you will miss his
observations, enthusiasm and intellect. We miss him as a
friend and colleague.
His family are now aware of
the tragic events and are returning to the UK. Our
thoughts are with his family at this time.
I
apologise for the arguably blunt way of spreading this
awful news using this media, but Luka has conversed and
interacted with so many of you that it is impossible to
do this in any other way.
Simon
Carley
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Manchester
Royal Infirmary
The following message was
released by Prof Mackway-Jones today to all NW
trainees.
SE/C02/208 -> Forums -> News
forum -> Luka
Randic
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Luka
Randic
by Kevin Mackway-Jones - Tuesday, 13 May 2008,
05:51
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[Luka]
It
is with great sadness that I write to let you all know
that our colleague Luka Randic died tragically in a
road accident on Sunday 11th May. I know Luka was
held in high esteem by us all and am certain that he
would have gone on to be a star in our
specialty.
When I know what arrangements his
parents have made for his funeral and for any
memorial service to celebrate Luka's life I will let you
know. In the mean time I'm sure all our thoughts are
with his
family.
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is a copy of a message posted on the SE/C02/208
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( lalanda) 13/05/2008, 18:35
How
incredibly sad
My thoughts are with his family and
friends
We'll definitively miss him in this forum,
too |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( petercutting) 13/05/2008, 19:10
Never
actually met him in the flesh, met himn here on many
occasions and alot of folk I respect respected
him...including some of my present colleagues. Tragic
news. Little to add beyond thoughts to his family and
friends.
Peter |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( skinner_doc) 13/05/2008, 19:18
Nor I, but
the same for me.
AS |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( ilanasamson) 13/05/2008, 19:45
Echo the
above: one of the regulars here and well
respected. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( anumitra) 13/05/2008, 20:49
Will be
sorely missed on these fora; from his online persona I'd
have loved to have met him in real life; it's a shame I
never had the opportunity. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( scmiller) 13/05/2008, 21:10
many
condolences |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( reidcg) 13/05/2008, 21:16
How many
people now have their lives, limbs, or sight, who
otherwise wouldn't were it not for Luka's care in the ED
and on ICU?
A short life but a big
one.
Cheers Luka - we raise our glasses to you.
Respect, man. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( juban) 13/05/2008, 21:23
I admired
him as a writer; he was an incisive intellect & if
he was ever annoying, it was because he was right. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( vreay) 13/05/2008, 21:32
Can't
believe it. Luka was a great reg, used to call me
'Vic-kay Ray' trailer trash style across the department
in Preston. Never failed to brighten my shift. A good,
good guy. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( franoneill) 13/05/2008, 23:41
How awful.
Never met him, but enjoyed his postings here. Thoughts
are with his family. Let us know if any memorial service
locally. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( cherylmartin) 14/05/2008, 1:43
Deeply
saddened/shocked by this... didn't know Luka personally
but have also enjoyed his contribution to this
forum.Would have been a privilege to have worked with
him ( like many of you passionate ED docs)..my thoughts
and prayers are with him and his family. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( ianferguson) 14/05/2008, 5:35
How awful.
Someone who I've never met, but would always have liked
to.
A big loss for emergency medicine. Condolences to
his family and friends.
Ian |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( drvalentine) 14/05/2008, 7:35
Luka's
postings on here were always well written and
thoughtful. He sounded like a fantastic Emergency
Physician and the kind of guy who would be great to work
with.
As with everyone else, my thoughts are
with his friends and family.
Ed |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( TreforR) 14/05/2008,
18:07
Unfortunately due to some sort of
technical hitch or cock up by myself, the original
thread seems to have completely dissapeared.
It
is possible to get a list of all his postings in the
mods area only |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( nida.suri) 14/05/2008, 18:53
As many of
the above have said, never met Luka, but respected his
writing ability.
I hope his family have some comfort
from the thought of how many people he helped during his
life.
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( DarkJediMaster) 15/05/2008, 1:57
Totally
shocked.
RIP Luka |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
mallaber) 15/05/2008, 9:38
Dear EM
forum,
I just wanted to pesonally thank you for
all your kind thoughts for Luka's family- and for
writing such respectful tributes. Luka's parents were
shown this thread yesterday and were very touched. Luka
himself, being shy and retiring, would have blushed a
little but would have been very chuffed indeed to see
how much of an impact he'd had. He was a great friend to
many people and will be terribly missed.
I see
from the first posting, that an attempt has been made to
collect some of his comments on this forum but as I am
not all that well-versed in DNUK-surfing, I would be
grateful for pointers on how to get to the mods area. I
remember Luka's school-boyish excitement after having
composed many an ironic reply on this forum (then
waiting impatiently for the falll-out) and I would like
to show some to his parents.
Also, we will
soon be writing Luka's Obituary and so I would be very
happy to receive any comments or memories from those who
knew Luka personally or through work (best by
e-mail)
Helen Michael |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( helcatmichael) 15/05/2008, 9:45
I am sorry-
this is another proof of my inability to use DNUK
properly. I was using a friend's computer and was
automatically logged-in as him although the above post
is actually from me.
Any comments or memories
regarding Luka could be either e-mailed to me or to Dan
Mallaber,
Many thanks
Helen |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
wilsonel) 15/05/2008, 13:19
Indeed a
tradegy, Luka was a brilliant yet modest doctor,
dependable colleague and all round star. Enjoyed his
company on many a shift at Whiston Hospital ED. What a
waste. My thoughts are with his family. Libby. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( khurram) 15/05/2008, 16:42
I am very
saddened to hear this tragic news.
I didn't know
Luca personally but knew of him via his forum postings.
My thoughts are with his close friends and family. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( declanokane) 15/05/2008, 17:05
Just awful.
My condolences to his family and friends. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( kirstyc) 15/05/2008, 20:08
I will
remember Luka for his inextinguishable ability to be
cheerful, positive and polite to patients and colleagues
even at 4am on the 7th night of 7; his skill went
without saying. I was looking forward to having him as a
colleague for many years to come. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( ranz) 15/05/2008, 22:30
Our feeling
in the North West is that we would like something
permanent to honour his life and significant
contributions he made in so many ways to the world of
Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine. Initially we were
thinking locally but I think something nationally either
through CEM or maybe http://www.ep-ic.org/(emergency
physicians in intensive care) would be better
suited.
I would appreciate suggestions via
DNUK.
Our thoughts are with his family.
Henry (SpR
EM/ICM North West) |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( docjonty) 16/05/2008, 1:25
Perhaps a
prize for the best research submitted by EM
SPR`s?
Luka`s name comes up in google quite a bit
with respect to research. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
cdgomes) 16/05/2008, 10:20
When I was a
fresh new house officer at whiston I ended up directly
referring a patient to critical care in the middle of
the night. Luka came to review him. This was the only
time I met him but I still remember it. What stood out
was how approachable and friendly he was whilst at the
same time being extremely thorough and professional. I
can remember feeling more relaxed by his mere presence!
May he rest in peace. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( pcadden) 16/05/2008, 12:38
I have just
come across this thread. Luka was in my year at Medical
School and it is many years since I worked directly with
him but as many have pointed out I always presumed that
he would rise to be a star of Emergency
Medicine.
Condolences to his family and I hope
that some fitting tribute can be found for Luka who was
a great professional.
Paul
SpR Respiratory
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( kirstyc) 16/05/2008,
18:53
Henry
I think Jonty has it on the
button; perhaps our shiny new College could use its
conference trainees' prize as a
memoriam?
Kirsty |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( doktor) 17/05/2008, 20:43
R.I.P Luka
Randic
Only the Good Die Young |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
iewington) 17/05/2008, 21:14
I worked
with Luka on numerous occasions and always found him to
be knowledgeable and genuinely enthusiastic.
It
is a tragic loss to his family and Emergency
Medicine.
Ian Ewington
ST3 Anaesthetics
North West |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( docrob) 17/05/2008, 22:39
Awful. My
thoughts are with his family. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( andydrummond) 18/05/2008, 2:46
Luka was one
of the many in my year who I never met while a student;
I did, however, work with him at Whiston. He came across
as a likeable & knowledgeable bloke, and his
untimely death is a tragic loss.
My thoughts are
with his family & friends.
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( ashbasu) 18/05/2008, 7:54
My deepest
& most sincere condolescences to his
family.
I too like many others enjoyed his
enthusiastic debate & postings on his
forum.
I had the pleasure of meeting him &
putting a face to the name at EMTA in Poole, a couple of
years back - top guy!
We all too often deal with
tragedy in our careers and jobs by the nature of what we
do, but it really brings it home when it is one of the
shining lights of our profession.
I echo the
sentiments of others in ensuring that his name should be
put towards an award within our specialty to honour his
memory. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
esherriff) 18/05/2008, 14:49
What will
the telemark skiers of the world do now. Our annual 'tip
a tele' contest was seriuosly hampered this year by
Luka's height, skill on skis and superior snow ball
fighting technique. I will remember him fondly taking
part in day long snowball fights, always with a beaming
smile, even when his extra long skis got him jammed in a
steep couloir. We will all miss him next year, grand
marnier wont taste the same without him.
On a
serious note he was an amazing doctor and his death is a
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( daveclarke) 18/05/2008, 17:02
A very
talented doctor and all round top guy. The first time I
met him was at an arrest call and things were going
somewhat pear-shaped. Luka arrived and had the whole
situation in control within a few moments.
It's
truly terrible news. My thoughts are with his
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( juban) 18/05/2008, 17:22
I trust it
will meet with approval if I post a link to this thread
in Obits Forum.
This forum is likely to prove
volatile sooner or later, & this thread will
disappear into the archives. It would be fitting to put
a link somewhere more enduring. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( mike.rodger) 19/05/2008, 9:58
Sorry to see
you go Luka.
All my condolences to your family,
friends and colleagues.
Mike
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
marieta) 19/05/2008, 18:05
So sad to
hear the news, I only came across Luka briefly at MRI,
but he certainly made an impression with some excellent
teaching to us house officers and good sense of humour.
My thoughts are with his friends and
family.
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
aishaawan) 19/05/2008, 20:33
Was really
saddened to hear the news. My thoughts and prayers are
with his family and friends.
Luka was an
approachable teacher to the HOs. Had a couple of
memorable experiences, as one does venturing into the
A&E on nights, but what struck me among the chaos
was how calm and together he always seemed to be. Will
miss seeing him around. |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( rohitsbmw) 19/05/2008, 21:10
Rest In
Peace |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( joteare) 20/05/2008, 8:39
I worked with
Luka at Whiston Hospital when we were both doing
critical care. He was one of those people who would sort
out a crisis without breaking a sweat and adding a good
deal of humour. Shifts together were always a
pleasure.
What a huge loss. Much thoughts and love to
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( sophiekc) 20/05/2008, 9:33
I worked with
Luka in Preston when he was a house officer, firstly in
A&E and then on the renal wards. He was an extremely
conscientious and considerate professional back then
and, more importantly, he was a really decent bloke. I
don't believe you will ever meet anyone who has a bad
word to say about him.
He will be sorely
missed.
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
sknarang) 20/05/2008, 15:02
So sorry to
hear the news. He will be so missed. I have such great
memories of teaching with him.
I think a more
permanent memorial is required and to re-iterate what
Kirstyc has said maybe the College can assist with
this.
Our thoughts are with his family and
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RE: Tragic death of Luka
Randic ( jpwilliamson) 21/05/2008, 6:04
I remember 6
months ago, socialising after our regional Calman Day,
having an enthralling conversation with Luka about the
break up of Yugoslavia, his family's subsequent
migration, and so on...
Firmly based upon his
recommendations that night, we are going to Croatia in
July, and I was so looking forward to receiving Luka's
advice and travel tips.
Sadly now that won't
happen, but I for one will be raising a glass to Luka
after Calman day this week, and indeed several more
glasses in Zagreb and Dubrovnik in the summer.
My
sincere condolences to the family and to all who knew
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
mallaber) 29/05/2008, 11:03
Lukas
memorial will be at 2pm Sat 7th June at the meadows in
Fletcher Moss Park, Didsbury,
Manchester.
Absolutely everyone is welcome to
attend (whether you met Luka in person or
not).
Please bring any copies of pictures of Luka
to contribute to a remembrance album. Bring a picnic,
kite, aeroplane etc. For anyone wishing to share their
memories about Luka there will be
opportunity.
There will be a party afterwards at
the Woodstock pub Barlow Moor Road. It is open until
1am.
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time
to share their memories on this forum, your words have
been great comfort to his family and friends.
Any
questions about saturday please email me at danmallaber@hotmail.com.
See
you there
Dan |
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RE: Tragic death of Luka Randic (
docasjad) 03/06/2008, 14:21
he was
always there to help i remember shouting for luca in
resus whenever i needed help with a serious patient he
was so so good. 2 mri AE doctors passed away within 2
weeks absolute disbelief for me and my mates. they were
stars and will always shine. cheers to luca n emma |
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