Sunday, March 27, 2016

National Anthem Of The USSR

Dr. Rajasingham Theivendran (batch of 1962)

Dear friends,
Our close friend Dr. Rajasingham  Theivendran (batch of 1962), passed away peacefully due to a heart ailment. He had just completed his 77th birthday.
He  lived happy in Jaffna with wife Sengkamalam- anaesthetist (1964 batch) and his 2 daughters, and grand children, son living  in Australia.
    He was much respected by all in Jaffna where he settled in early.
            From St. Joseph’s Colombo days 1954- he studied earlier at Mahajana College Jaffna, he was a very close friend moving in our ‘clique’.
Dr. Sivanandasigham and I were with him way back in 1955 at ‘ Ramagiri’ Tellippallai  moving  loafing  on cycles and bus.
And Theiva and Siva were at my house in Akuressa about the same time.

In  Jaffna Theiva and ‘Sengki’  were cornerstones of the Jaipur Foot Centre from its inception in 1987. Right through troubled times.
Both were held in great  esteem by all.
Island of Muttur was another distant place he gladly served.

       A doctor  of excellence, he chose preventive medicine to  serve his people.
After retirement he was even busier running the private Central Hospitals there.
     As his illness progressed, he opted to  see  patients  friends relations and all free.  
A doctor, a man of excellence and integrity.
A great friend.
May his soul rest in peace.
Susiri and Keerthi

We all miss him.
I miss him most as one of his best friends.

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