email from Bernie

Dr De Silva[Bernie]Cincinnati, USA
Suggestion -
Let the batch or people related to our batch,there were many in batches before and after,who were closely related to or connected with our batch from the university and those who skipped the university, and many others. Any information, that is not considered personal or irrelevant orscreened by the individual, should be restricted, to respect privacy. Many would like to contact the old friends,who contributed to our general knowledgeand growth during these very difficult times, especially re further education,where and those hospitals, institutions could be contacted,and relevant information gathered, and disseminated.
I remember being among the first to leave the country,without waiting the average of 6 yrs for the scholarships,or trying to break the lines with other types of influence,many used to ask how it could be done, how to seek jobs, learningfrom those from others, including family,that preceded us,to UK[we knew next to nothing of Europe, partly due to licensingdifficulties and poor understanding of their languages]About USA we knew much, in fact keeping in touch with them from the 3rd MBBS time or evenbefore. How many did finally emigrate,when pressured by lack of proper jobs, or waiting in line for poor placement, and almost always at the discretion, of non medical, politically inspired and controlled jobs, promotions, transfers etc. Some of these added to our resolve to beat the corruption within the system. One batch, that immediately followed us,were denied appointments,[remember so many frustration of the many that I met from 1966 onwards]