Some of the radiography team alongside the CT scanner at Caithness General Hospital. Picture: Alan HendryThe legacy of a Nobel Prize winner who came from a Wick family "remains evident to this day" – exactly a century after he was born. Cormack and Professor Godfrey Hounsfield jointly received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1979. Ten years later, a new £800,000 CT scanner suite at Caithness General Hospital was named in his honour. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1979 for his contribution to the development of CT scanning.

Source: The Times February 24, 2024 15:23 UTC