Imaging Panel in Memory of Alastair Nelson

This year BEVA has named the imaging panel in memory of Alastair Nelson. Below is a touching tribute from his practice partner Bob Ordridge
When Alastair joined the REC he came on the understanding that we build a new diagnostic room in which to house an overhead x-ray unit and a nuclear bone scanner. This would mean a large capital outlay because of the health and safety regulations and the need for 3 phase electricity to power it all.

I remember looking at my partner Ieuan Pritchard and thinking what were we letting ourselves in for? We could be getting too big for our boots, advancing too quickly and out of our comfort zone.

We had no need to worry for Alastair was ahead of his time. A Cambridge graduate, one of a rich vein of contemporary veterinary surgeons who had the ability to think and to apply tunnel vision to whatever needed to be achieved. His goal was to take the technology and equipment found in the universities and to use it to push the REC to the frontline of diagnostic imaging. As time went by I found myself relying more and more on his knowledge to answer my questions instead of me looking things up. As a result I will probably miss him more than others and will need to get used to reading again. [...]