A PIONEERING clinic set up by a York professor who died in the Selby rail crash was re-launched today - on the second anniversary of his death.
Professor Steve Baldwin, who lived in Piccadilly, established the CACTUS clinic to provide alternative treatments to Ritalin for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The clinic, at the University of Teesside, was the first of its kind in the country. But it closed following his death.
Today members of Prof Baldwin's family were re-launching the facility, which offers alternative techniques and therapies to drugs, in a ceremony at the university, to ensure his legacy lives on. The clinic will be run by Dave Woodhouse, a former colleague of Prof Baldwin, and Rebecca Anderson, one of his former students. Rebecca, who has a degree in psychology, said: "I first met Steve when he lectured on the second year of my degree, he was a good lecturer and quite unconventional.
"Steve inspired me to work with children diagnosed with ADHD. Although it is two years since Steve died, the re-opening of Cactus is very much a new beginning."
The clinic has been set up thanks to an endowment from Prof Baldwin's family.
Updated: 08:20 Friday, February 28, 2003
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