Manjeet Singh Riyat

Manjeet Singh Riyat
Manjeet Singh Riyat
Born	1967 or 1968
Died	20 April 2020 ; Royal Derby Hospital
Alma mater	University of Leicester; Leicester Royal Infirmary; Lincoln County Hospital ;
Occupation	Consultant, university teacher
Employer	Derby College; University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust ;

Manjeet Singh Riyat (1967 or 1968 – 20 April 2020) was a British emergency care consultant, described as the first person of Sikh heritage to hold such a role in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4]

He completed his medical degree at the University of Leicester in 1992. He underwent training at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Lincoln County Hospital and in 2003 he joined Royal Derby Hospital as a consultant in emergency medicine. [1][2] He rose to be head of the emergency department there in 2006, and was chair of the hospital's medical advisory committee and its medical staffing committee.[1]

Riyat taught emergency medicine and served as an examiner for the Royal College of Emergency Medicine from 2007, becoming lead examiner for their fellowship examinations in 2016.[1][3][5] He was also a PLAB part 2 examiner with the General Medical Council.

He was also a clinical research fellow in academic emergency medicine[3] and co-authored a number of papers, in venues including the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.[6]

Riyat died, aged 52, at the hospital where he worked, on 20 April 2020, after contracting COVID-19.[1][2][3] He was married and had two sons.[4]

References

Whittaker, Anna (20 April 2020). "Royal Derby consultant and dad-of-two dies after contracting coronavirus". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
"UK's first Sikh A&E consultant dies after contracting Covid-19". Express and Star. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
"Tributes paid to Derby Emergency Consultant". University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
Walker, Amy (21 April 2020). "UK's first Sikh A&E consultant dies at his hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2020. he became the first Sikh to be appointed as an emergency medicine consultant in the UK.
"Manjeet Riyat". Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
MacNamara, A F; Riyat, M S; Quinton, D N (7 March 2018). "The Changing Profile of Poisoning and its Management". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 89 (11): 608–610. doi:10.1177/014107689608901104.

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[Whittaker-1] Whittaker, Anna (20 April 2020). "Royal Derby consultant and dad-of-two dies after contracting coronavirus". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[ES-2] "UK's first Sikh A&E consultant dies after contracting Covid-19". Express and Star. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[UHBDT-3] "Tributes paid to Derby Emergency Consultant". University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[Walker-4] Walker, Amy (21 April 2020). "UK's first Sikh A&E consultant dies at his hospital after Covid-19 diagnosis". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 April 2020. he became the first Sikh to be appointed as an emergency medicine consultant in the UK.

[RCEM-5] "Manjeet Riyat". Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[6] MacNamara, A F; Riyat, M S; Quinton, D N (7 March 2018). "The Changing Profile of Poisoning and its Management". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 89 (11): 608–610. doi:10.1177/014107689608901104.