‘Remarkable’ Brisbane surgeon loses cancer battle

The 61-year-old vascular surgeon, who died of pancreatic cancer on April 20 just two years after his novelist brother Andrew passed away from the same disease, was known for “slipping out quietly” from family functions to perform emergency surgery.His brother-in-law, John Hudson, recalls Dr McGahan disappearing from family events and not returning until the next day.“You would then read about a car crash or someone who had been rushed to hospital,” Mr Hudson said.“Tim had saved the lives of…



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