Ranil fiasco!

In an unprecedent move, for the first time in our political history, a former head of state was remanded for an offence which would be considered relatively minor from an international perspective.

- BY Dr. UPUL WIJAYAWARDHANA

His extended stay in a magistrate’s court led to medical problems which resulted in Ranil ending up in the intensive care unit of the National Hospital in Colombo. His entire medical history became public knowledge due to social media posts as well as unrestrained reporting in the press. Even his wife’s medical history was not spared. Surely, they deserve some privacy. I can well understand the unsympathetic comments of the new breed of social media idiots but what shocked me were the actions of some members of my profession who should know better. One of them forwarded a link to a Viridu recital pleading with Mara not to take Ranil till he was punished for the Batalanda atrocities. While someone is fighting for his life in an ICU, to send such an offensive post demonstrates a total lack of professionalism of a medical man. To add insult to injury, he followed up with a post derogating the doctors treating Ranil which was deleted a short while later. Perhaps, he realised the idiocy of his comments!