It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the sad passing away of our colleague Ranjith Kuruppu. His son had sent me an e-mail this morning to say that Ranjith had passed away on April 9th. The remains will be at W.S. Fernando and Son funeral parlour in Negombo from 9.00 am to 2.30 pm today. Cremation will take place at 3.00 pm at the General Cemetery, Negombo.
At this time with a curfew in force, I don't think anyone will be able to attend the funeral even if they wanted to. In any case, family members have strongly recommended not to attend due to the current situation. Our thoughts and prayers will be with Ranjith
RIP
Lucky, please convey my sympathies to the family members. He was my body partner together with Lameer, Kunasingham, Leelasena and few other girls.His wife passed away due to a malignancy few years ago. As he was not happy with the care given by the oncologist, he wrote to the newspapers about it. In the past I had treated his daughter's child as an in-patient at the Nawaloka Hospital.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lucky for letting us know.Sad news indeed.
ReplyDeleteWe last met at the 2017 reunion.While others frolicked in the sun,Kanthi and I had a long chat with him in the shade.He looked well,sprightly and buoyant.As always he was witty and full of fun;but had also become religious
We are thankful to you for keeping us informed through the Blog.Also to Pram,Swyrie and co for their tirelesss work in organising reunions,which apart from being great fun ,enable us to renew the friendships of our youth
Ranjit, our dearest friend,May You Rest In Peace.
Lucky,could you please forward our condolences,to the family ,as a group.
Sad news indeed. Like you Kumar,my last contact with him was at the 2017 reunion. I think he came as a "Day case". Having not seen him for over 30 years or more, it was a bit of a shock when I first saw him there but his personality and sense of humour wasn't that different. I was not aware that he was more religious. Lucky can I join the others and please request you to pass on my sincere condolences to the family. These reminders of our transience is salutory.
ReplyDeleteIt is with immense sadness I receive the news of the demise of our friend Ranjit. My last meeting with him was at the 'infamous' lobby of the faculty when many of us gathered to say our final goodbye in 1967. He was ever present for our many gatherings, trips and the daily trek to the GHC with his special brand of humour. Ranjit was a smiler and I cannot remember him without a smile. That in itself is a wonderful memory of a friend who shared our fortunes for 5 long years. Sadly our paths never crossed to recall and reminisce the good times. My deepest condolences to the family for their loss. We celebrate his life and thank him for his contribution to the country and society.
ReplyDeleteGRANT HIM O LORD
ETERNAL PEACE
Rest assured that all your condolence messages and the private e-mails will be forwarded to Ranjith's son Ramesh.
ReplyDeleteSad news,last saw him at the 2017 reunion.Rangith was good company, enjoyed a drink and had a superb sense of humour.A well liked member of our batch.Lucky please forward our sincere condolences to the family.
DeleteRanjith K was among a group of doctors,who were working in the Public health section in the Health service in 1975,to tour China for a period of 1 month.We were the second batch of doctors to on a Fellowship offered by the Chinese Government.He was not a close associate of mine during the Medical School days and thereafter.It was the last time I saw him,before his departure from this world.
ReplyDeleteWish soul,Eternal Peace.
Sorry to hear about Ranjth's passing. I met him after 50 years at our reunion, and he recognised me without any difficulty and so could I recognise him. Please convey my condolences to his son. Sad that the situation has prevented many from paying their last respects including close family members
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