Dr Dick van der Vaart passed away

While preparing the level 1 course on Bonaire, we received the sad news that Dr Dick van der Vaart passed away Monday evening, May 6, 2024. Dick has been a good friend for a long time. As a teacher at the first courses from 1992 on, as someone you could always rely on when help was necessary, as a pioneer of diving and hyperbaric medicine on Bonaire and as a very amiable person. On behalf of Scott Haldane, we offer our condolences to Dick's family and loved ones for this great loss. We are certainly going to miss Dick.