Helping others at the heart of the matter; Dr Brian Pentecost was awarded an OBE for his work as the British Heart Foundation's medical director.

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: January 22, 2000| Author: Boesgaard, Mette Andrea | Copyright information

Troughout his career, Dr Brian Pentecost has asked some thought-provoking questions: what more can you do? What else is behind this problem? What can be done to alleviate this suffering?

There are hardly easy responses. But as medical director of The British Heart Foundation for 6 years, he puzzled over them and his solutions earned him an OBE.

They included the introduction of a scheme to fund nurses who could care for heart patients when they left hospital; ...

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