The doctor who took care of the survivors of the Dunblane Primary School shootings has died at the age of 55.
Eirwen Bengough Bell was working as a community paediatrician in 1996 when the tragedy occurred.
In the months afterwards she treated both the physical and psychological effects of Thomas Hamilton’s assault on the primary 1 gym class.
She also successfully campaigned to tighten procedures for doctors signing off on firearms certificates.
Her sensitive work with the Dunblane schoolchildren in the aftermath of the shootings was praised by the then Scottish Secretary of State Michael Forsyth and by Lord Cullen, who led the inquiry.
Mrs Bell passed away at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre on April 9 following an 18-month battle with ovarian cancer.
Mrs Bell was born in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, in 1959. She was the first child of Ivor and Betty Bengough and had a younger brother, Glyn.
She graduated from the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1981 and spent most of her working life in central Scotland and Perthshire.
She married Robin Bell last year, following a friendship which began in 1985. They grew closer and became a couple in the aftermath of the shootings.
After the wedding the pair settled in Auchterarder.
Mr Bell said: “She was also secretary of the Stirling Writers’ group and they were looking for speakers and she looked through the Scottish Arts Council guide to writers and they invited me.
“I went along to speak and I was greeted by this girl who I thought was really nice.”
The writer and broadcaster added that Eirwen had helped him with his career, proofreading documents and giving advice.
He paid tribute to his wife, calling her “very courageous and totally focused on others”.
“I had great love, respect and admiration for the way she put everybody else first,” he said.
“She was the gentlest and kindest of doctors.”