Mysterious nuns and a legless nurse: Inside the ghostly goings-on in London s hospitals
While hospitals are often a safe haven where you go to be treated by medical brainiacs, some often encounter people from the other life who mysteriously vanish into thin air
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Some of the images have had details blurred, in order to protect patient identity.
âWhen I started getting fitted for my PPE next to the Covid ICU ward I realised what I was doing. What a privilege I have to see what really is happening and form my own conclusions. My first impressions were: this is real, the people looked ill, in danger and in doctors hands. Doctors and nurses were running around but also in contemplation. I saw one doctor just looking at a patient with his hands on his hips. I could almost hear him think.
Lankan-born Dr Kanagasundrem awarded MBE uktamilnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from uktamilnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Colombo (News 1st); Several British-Sri Lankans were among those enlisted in the Queen’s 2021 New Year honors list which recognizes the outstanding achievements of people in the United Kingdom.
Dr Shikandhini Kanagasundrem, Professor Ravi Silva, Professor Mohan Edirisinghe, Professor Ramani Moonesinghe, Gajan Wallooppillai, , and Mohamed Hazrath Haleem Ossman were conferred the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award.
Dr Shikandhini Kanagasundrem (Dr ‘Shico’ Visuvanathan), was recognized in the Queen’s 2021 New Year Honours list, for outstanding services in Microbiology and Infection Prevention & Control, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. She went on to specialize in Medical Microbiology at University College Hospital London, and completed her MD (Doctor of Medicine), MSc in Clinical Microbiology, and FRCPath (Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists).
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