The GMOA said that it was difficult to arrive at a conclusion on the cause of the death since several suspicious circumstances had arisen about the way the Thera was treated in the country before he was flown to Singapore.

The Thera had been admitted to a private hospital in Colombo when he previously fell ill. He was keeping well after he was discharged from that hospital.

He was not having a critical condition earlier. But later he had again fallen ill and had been admitted to another private hospital. Unexpectedly, two germs possible to infect within a hospital environment have been discovered in the tissues of the Thera’s lungs during investigations carried out by a leading private hospital’s laboratory, GMOA media spokesman, Dr. Naveen de Soyza said.

Dr. De Soysa pointed out that although some say the prelate had passed away due to his illness getting worsened, the GMOA was of the view that something suspicious could have happened within the system where Ven. Sobitha Thera was treated.

GMOA Secretary Dr. Nalinda Herath said they condemned Dr. Neville Fernando’s moves to sue Chairman of the Sri Lanka Medical Council, Prof. Carlo Fonseka, who recently made a statement to the media with regard to the late Ven. Sobitha Thera.

“Without trying to intimidate persons who openly talk about the prelate’s death by suing them, they should also call the government to launch a thorough investigation in to the matter so that those who are responsible for the incident could be found,” Dr. Herath said.

(dailynews.lk)