MOHAMMED RASOOLDEEN
COLOMBO- Professor Abdul Haleem Sheriffdeen, 84, popular surgeon in the island, who was admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital,IDH, in Kolannawa for Covid treatment on Tuesday morning, is pronounced to be out of danger, according to the hospital medical team.
A family member of the professor told Colombo Times on Tuesday night that it is sad to note that a vicious rumour has been circulating in the city about his health condition, which is completely baseless and untrue.
“ He is safe and sound in a special ward at the IDH, where he is being looked after well by doctors who were groomed by the professor ,” the family member said.
On Monday, Sheriffdeen was admitted to Nawaloka Hospital in Colombo, where he was tested positive for the Covid virus and subsequently, he was transferred to the IDH on Tuesday.
The first kidney transplant in Sri Lanka was successfully performed by Deshabandhu Sheriffdeen.
