Thanks Phillip
You may recall that I
worked with Sinna at Kandy as his house officer and one interesting story that
I recall is when I had prescribed something totally unnecessary to a patient
admitted in the early hours A young final year medical student spotted this and
asked Prof Sinna what the indication was. Sinna held him by the ear in his
usual way and said, "if my houseman prescribes something ,there should be
a very good reason for it" He then turned to me at the end of the ward
round and asked me in Tamil why I had prescribed what I had and I replied 2
O'Clock in the morning Sir I could have been sleepy and his reply was
"that's a good enough indication.'
Lawrence
Thanks Phiip for the
reminiscence of our Professor Sinnatamby, a very remarkable man with qualities
of the highest caliber. Least I can say, joking apart, some of us were
terrified of him when we first met him. However, gradually we learned to
appreciate his sense of humor and to respect his teachings.
Many years later, after my graduation, I must say
it was ironical that I came by to buy his House in Kandy that he had given it to his daughter as
a dowry. I negotiated the sale of his ‘dowered’ house with his Son-in-Law,
Paskaralingam, the then, Permanent Secretary to the Prime Minister of
Sri-Lanka. Needless to say his Son in Law and I became very good friends,
following this deal.
I remember very well, many years ago, your
successful attempt to repair the old Fridge in a peripheral hospital in S.L.
and got it going at last, thanks to you. The local newspapers were monitoring
your expertise and reported it in the daily. Finally it was reported ‘’ he’s
done it’’. You must have been very proud of your achievement as an Engineer cum
Doctor
Phil, I liked your picture of the Bible Rock and
I shall, try and paint it.
With Regards
Sadiq
Reading Prof
Sinnathamby's joke, I was reminded of an incident at one of the surgical
tutorials with Dr Niles .We were all seated around in a circle where there was
a mix of our batch(some) and the batch below which included Babapulle. Dr Niles
asked something and was going from one to the other, none of them having a clue.
Then he came to Babapulle and asked "Baba Pulle have you any
clue(to rhyme with Baba black sheep have you any wool?) When there was no
answer Dr Niles started say Yes sir Yes sir" Those were the days-Cheers
-Milroy
Dear Philip,
I saw the photo of Vijiy
Ponnambalam, My good friend. When we were in the anatomy block, we used to play
the hell out of her. One day she took out the femur that she was carrying and
hit me in the head. Apparently I fainted. Needless to say she panicked thinking
I died on the spot. To this day she remembers this incident and relates it to
me whenever I meet her. With kind regards,
K. Harischandra, G. Piyasena.
Dear Phillip
That was a nice tribute to the memory of our dead colleagues. I certainly
remember them all but I remember Mercy Thomas the best, and most vividly. i
was a close friend to her and her death affected me very much. She was a
lovely girl and as you say would have made a very good doctor. Heather
That was a nice tribute to the memory of our dead colleagues. I certainly
remember them all but I remember Mercy Thomas the best, and most vividly. i
was a close friend to her and her death affected me very much. She was a
lovely girl and as you say would have made a very good doctor. Heather
Dear dear Philip,
Thanks a million million for the story and for
sending it to me. I will thinkk of some myself.. See you down under
in Dec Derrwik
sending it to me. I will thinkk of some myself.. See you down under
in Dec Derrwik
