Osmund Reynolds obituary

A founding father of neonatal medicine, he dramatically improved the survival rates of very premature babiesOsmund Reynolds, who has died aged 83, was a pivotal figure in medicine, helping to establish care of the sick newborn baby as a speciality in its own right. He advanced the techniques of mechanical ventilation for very premature babies, improving their chances of survival dramatically, and later undertook research that led to a reduction in newborn brain injury. He was central to making t