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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Cyril Fortune was born in West Hartlepool England in 1903, coming to Western Australia with his family after the first World War. He graduated BSc at the University of Western Australia in 1924. A few years in laboratory medicine stimulated his interest in clinical medicine. He went to Melbourne University to study medicine and graduated MB BS in 1932 and MD in 1935. In 1938 he was admitted MRACP. Cyril Fortune began his long association with the Royal Perth Hospital in 1932 on his appointment as Resident Medical Officer. Following the Second World War, he returned to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1947 and was appointed out-patient physician and in 1953 became in-patient physician. He was a driving force behind the establishment in 1953 of the cardiology unit at Royal Perth Hospital. In 1961 he was appointed inaugural Head of the Cardiology Department and served in that capacity until his retirements 1963. Cyril had always had an interest in blood transfusion and in 1935 he organised the first blood donor panel, leading to the establishment of the blood transfusion service in Western Australia. For many years he was Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. During the second World War he served in the RAAMC holding the rank of Lt. Colonel. In recognition of his long service to the hospital, the Board of Management appointed him an Emeritus Consultant Physician. Cyril Fortune died in 1984. |
