Tribute to Dr.G.Sreenevasan, founder HKL’s Urology and Nephrology Dept but Malaysian Indian doctors degrees derecognized

We pay tribute to Dr.G.Sreenevasan for his contributions to the Malaysian Medical field. Our condolences to Dr G.Sreenevasan’s family.

(refer NST 4/2/2010 at page 4)

This is yet another classical example and the tip of the iceberg of how the Indians helped built this country Malaysia. In the year 1957, about 60% of the country’s doctors were Indians. The Indian doctors set up the Eye Department (Dr Keshminder Singh), Kidney Urology Department (Dr.G.Sreenevasan), Child Department (Dr. Abraham) and the other medical departments in Malaysia.

But as UMNOs’ reward, in 2004 only one place was given in the University of Malaya for the 1.8 Million Indians to compete. Thousands of Indian students using their parents hard earned savings, EPF, houses and land sold etc went overseas to study medicine in Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Indonesia, India etc. But UMNO’s racist regime derecognized their degrees in these foreign Universities even though Malaysia is short of doctors by 50% (UM 8/10/09 at page 24). Why can’t this Indian students be made to do an extra six months of housemanship and absorbed into the Malaysian Medical service as doctors especially when we are 50% short of doctors. But UMNO would rather bring in doctors from muslim countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and even Africa to fill in the doctors’ shortage in Malaysia. Never mind the foreign exchange flowing out of the country but no chance for the local ethnic minority Indian medical students studying overseas.

This extent of UMNO’s racism, religious extremism and supremacy does not happen in any other part of the world the last having been in apartheid South Africa in 1989.

P.Uthayakumar