{"id":101041,"date":"2020-04-11T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=101041"},"modified":"2020-04-11T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T23:07:00","slug":"sri-lankan-doctors-have-become-very-patriotic-all-of-a-sudden-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/04\/11\/sri-lankan-doctors-have-become-very-patriotic-all-of-a-sudden-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan doctors have become very patriotic all of a sudden"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Sarath Obeysekera\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

The TV news item today was\nabout Sri Lankan specialist doctors undergoing training in the UK desperately\nwant to return home. It is quite strange that they all want to come back when\nonly a small percentage of the doctors return after going abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some specialists trained in a\nlucrative specialty return to join the private sector while hardly discharging\ntheir duties in the state hospitals where they are assigned to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is obvious why these doctors\nwant to return al of a sudden Surely because  they are\nnot safe in England and do not trust NHS in the UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One consultant has already\ndied <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder what GMOA is going to\nsay about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Received your article\u00a0
Please note by comment\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi Sarath <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nice to hear from you. SL doctors here on training are in\nthe age group almost safe from Coronavirus. My daughter was exposed to 3\npatients with Coronavirus in her Plastic Surgery ward before they were tested\nand isolated. One of the patients from ICU came with the infection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My daughter was off sick afterward with cough and cold, possibly with a mild attack of Coronavirus, for 2 weeks. She is perfectly ok now. NHS is not testing her – hopefully, they will test her when she returns to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarath – look at my FB post on Coronavirus, especially the last sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof Devi Sridhar, in the link below, suggests four scenarios of how the Coronavirus end might be achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario 1 – as she says, it is highly unrealistic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario 2 – wait for the vaccine and delay the spread over the next 12 – 18 months\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario 3 – follow South Korea\u2019s example whilst waiting for\na vaccine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario 4 – treat COVID symptoms rather than the cause. This approach is feasible in Countries with resources but not for poor countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what scenario for the UK?\u00a0 My perception is that it is Scenario 4, OR putting it crudely HERD IMMUNITY. It will finish off, older people like me and others with pre-existing conditions, and once the herd immunity is achieved remaining population will be healthy and less of a burden on NHS and social services. Tories would be happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In view of the above, it looks like my life would be at my house for the next 12 to 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2020\/apr\/08\/how-will-the-coronavirus-crisis-end-lockdown-pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take care and with best wishes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sent from my iPhone<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nOn 11 Apr 2020, at 06:36, Sarath <saraobey@gmail.com<\/a>> wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sri Lankan doctors have become very patriotic all of a sudden<\/a><\/blockquote>