Minister Douglas Suffers Sudden Heart Attack

( March 4, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) We give a translation of a news report in Tamilwin.com today, noting that if Douglas Devananda truly suffered a heart attack he would not have been sent home. We surmise that either he truly suffered a heart attack and party organizer Kamalendran is trying to cover up or wishing for relief Jaffna reporters are reading too much into Douglas Devananda’s visit to the hospital. Here is the exact translation of the Tamilwin report:

Minister Douglas Suffers Sudden Heart Attack. Admitted to Jaffna Hospital
[Tamilwin, Monday 04 March 2013, 09:04.25 AM GMT]
EPDP Secretary General and Minister Douglas Devananda has suffered a heart attack, said the party’s Jaffna office.
Most seriously affected by this, the Minister Douglas Devananda has been rushed to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital for treatment, said our sources.
Following very high blood pressure on Sunday night around 1 AM he was admitted to the Emergency Room of the hospital.
However, today Monday he left the hospital in the morning for his office said the EPDP’s Jaffna District Organizer Kamal (Kamalendran).