The Queen‘s doctor was killed yesterday in a horror lorry crash while cycling in Central London.
Dr Peter Fisher, 67, was struck at about 9.30am on National Cycle to Work day as he made his way to work in Holborn.An expert in homeopathy and a member of the royal medical household, Dr Fisher served as homeopathic physician to the Queen for 15 years. Former colleague Sir Marcus Setchell, Her Majesty’s former surgeon-gynaecologist, said “He was much respected as a good doctor who saw homeopathy as complementary to medical care. We are all shocked by his tragic loss.”
Dr Fisher is the eighth cyclist killed on London’s roads this year and the fifth to have died in a lorry crash. Emergency services raced to the scene in High Holborn yesterday but Dr Fisher was pronounced dead shortly later. Shocked office workers posted pictures of the large response to the incident online. Witnesses reported seeing the Dr Fisher underneath the CCF lorry as paramedics battled to save him. Angie Bozianu, who works at the nearby Princess Louise pub, said: “I heard a woman screaming and I looked out of the window and he was under the wheel.” The busy road was cordoned off for several hours and an air ambulance was dispatched.
Police said the driver is “assisting police with their enquiries” and has not been arrested. Dr Fisher was on his way to work at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine in Bloomsbury. Greg White, chief executive of the Faculty of Homeopathy, said: “We have lost a leader, not just for the faculty but for homeopathy in the UK and worldwide. It’s no exaggeration to say Peter is an irreplaceable talent. He truly was a giant in all his fields of endeavour, which included clinician, researcher and academic.”
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