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DR SALVADOR TRANCHE, SEMFYC PRESIDENT
SALVADOR TRANCHE 1957 - 2022
We deeply regret the passing of Dr Salvador Tranche, President of Semfyc (Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine). WONCA sends its deepest condolences to family, friends and colleagues from the medical community in Spain and the world.
Difficult days for family medicine in Spain. Salvador Tranche Iparraguirre, president of Semfyc (Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine), suddenly died on his way home on Sunday, 13 February. Salva had been president of Semfyc since 2016. Together with his team, they have advanced family and community medicine with a firm and determined commitment in many political, social and scientific forums, without neglecting the dayto-day work in his family doctor's surgery at the Cristo health centre in Oviedo in Asturias, Spain.
He has been an undisputed leader of family medicine in Spain during the COVID19 pandemic and developed a relevant activity in disseminating the role of family and community medicine in the Spanish health system. He had become a national reference when it came to checking and publicising the situation of the Primary Care network in Spain Given the great sadness of the semFYC community, we have decided to open this digital space for condolences. Salvador Tranche, you left the way you have lived, always at the forefront of family medicine. Rest in peace. We will all carry on together, where your footsteps have left us. Dr María Pilar Astier Peña WONCA Member at Large
SemFYC members will always be grateful for his support and leadership over the years. At the international level, we counted on his support in the WONCA working groups, in which semFYC members participate. He also actively participated in WONCA world, Ibero-American and European conferences. He was a committed person, passionate about family medicine, conciliatory and open to dialogue. PAGE 21
