A message from Phil Kloer, Executive Medical Director

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Mr Jeremy Williams, who died at Glangwili General Hospital following a long battle with illness.

Jeremy was the health board’s Clinical Director for Unscheduled Care and had provided our community with many years of NHS service, saving lives and providing leadership in this field. He was very well known and liked among his many friends and colleagues, not just in Hywel Dda but also across Wales.  His love of rugby and motorsports was well known and he was proud to serve for a period as the Welsh Rugby Union’s national team doctor.

His untimely passing, while not linked to the COVID-19 Coronavirus, nevertheless comes at a point when all of our staff are showing real courage and bravery in the face of this ongoing pandemic. His family have said that Jeremy was very disappointed his illness prevented him from working on the frontline with the A&E team and being able to support staff during this time, however we know that he would have been extremely proud of all of our staff for their hard work and steadfast dedication to Hywel Dda and the NHS. Our sympathies are with his family and close friends at this time.

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Gyda chalon drom y cyhoeddwn y bu farw Mr Jeremy Williams, ein Ymgynghorydd mewn Meddygaeth Frys, yn Ysbyty Cyffredinol Glangwili yn dilyn salwch hir.

Jeremy oedd Cyfarwyddwr Clinigol y Bwrdd Iechyd ar Ofal Heb ei Drefnu a chyfrannodd am flynyddoedd lawer i’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd yn ein cymuned, gan achub bywydau a darparu arweinyddiaeth yn y maes. Roedd yn adnabyddus iawn ac roedd ei ffrindiau a’i gydweithwyr niferus – yn Hywel Dda ac ar draws Cymru – yn hoff iawn ohono. Gwyddai pawb am ei hoffter o rygbi a moduro ac roedd gwasanaethu am gyfnod fel meddyg tîm cenedlaethol Undeb Rygbi Cymru yn destun balchder mawr iddo.

Er nad oedd ei farwolaeth yn gysylltiedig â’r Coronafeirws COVID-19, daw ar adeg pan mae ein holl staff yn dangos dewrder yn wyneb y pandemig parhaus hwn. Mae ei deulu wedi dweud bod Jeremy yn siomedig iawn bod ei salwch wedi ei atal rhag gweithio ar y rheng flaen gyda’r tîm brys ac hefyd i gefnogi staff yn ystod hyn oll. Fodd bynnag, gwyddom y byddai wedi bod yn hynod falch o’r holl staff am eu gwaith caled ac ymroddiad diysgog i Hywel Dda a’r Gwasanaeth Iechyd. Mae ein cydymdeimlad dwysaf gyda’i deulu a’i ffrindiau agosaf ar yr adeg hon.