Ubuntu obukhulu ngokuholwa nokukhuthazwa - Isiqhingi

USolwazi Carlo Fonseka

Emgubheni wokuqala wokufa kukaSolwazi Carlo Fonseka, ngifuna ukwethula umqondo omkhulu kumfundi efeni likaprofesa wethu othandekayo ngendlela yabahlinzeki bakhe ekutadisheni nasekuhlaziyweni ngaphakathi kokuqondiswa kwePhysology and Drugs, ukuqeqeshwa kwamakolishi, kanye nokunye imvamisa esizweni saseSri Lankan. Umnikelo wakhe wawenziwa kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemikhakha, kepha ngaphezu kwalokho empilweni eyisibonelo wayehola okwathi, ngokuqonda kwami, wafaka izimfanelo ze-mettā, karunā, mudithā kanye ne-upēkkha, izimfundiso zikaBuddha. Kuliqiniso elaziwayo ukuthi phakathi nezigaba zokuqala zomsebenzi wakhe wasekolishi uCarlo Fonseka wayengusoshiyali ozinikele, futhi eyisishoshovu esihloniphekile 'seLanka Sama Samaja Occasion'. Uphinde wamemezela ukuthi 'uyiRationalist'.

'I-Rationalism' inezincazelo nezincazelo eziningi. Imvamisa, ayiqondwa kahle njengombono owenqaba zonke izinkolelo ezingezona ezomhlaba kanye nemikhuba yokuzinikela. Kepha lapho umuntu bekufanele afunde ukwakheka kukaSolwazi Fonseka ngaphakathi kwenani elinesihloko esithi 'Ama-Essay of a Lifetime', kuyacaca ukuthi 'i-Rationalism', njengoba esho ngaye, ibimele umthetho oyisisekelo emizamweni yesayensi ngokuhambisana nayo, ekukhiqizeni idatha , 'Isisusa' siphakeme kunemizwa kanye nomqondo ongaqinisekiseki ngokusobala.

Njengoba iningi lethu liyazi ukuthi ayikho into efana nendlala yemibhalo kuProfessor Fonseka evezwe ngamunye ngaphambi kokungezwa ngemuva kokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni. Ngenxa yalokho, kungahle kungabi bikho noyedwa ozophinda imininingwane ekhazimulayo ebhalwe empumelelweni yakhe yezemfundo. Noma kunjalo, ngizochaza kafushane ukuthi uSolwazi Carlo Fonseka uthole ama-MBBS ngeziqu zokuqala ekolishi laseCeylon ngo-1960; futhi waklonyeliswa ngendondo yegolide i-Andrew Caldecott ngobuchule obuhle kakhulu kulolo vivinyo, indondo kaManeckbai Dadabhoy Gold (ngobuchule obubaluleke kakhulu kwe-Obstetrics and Gynecology), iPerry Exhibition “yekhono elihle kakhulu esikhathini esiyiminyaka emi-3, ukuhlukaniswa kwenqubo yokuhlinza, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pharmacology kanye nemithi yeForensic. Ucwaningo lwakhe oluholele kudiploma ye-MBBS luye lwahlonyiswa ngokuhlukaniswa okuningi okunjalo nemiklomelo ehloniphekile, engicabanga ukuthi, kuphela abambalwa emlandweni wakho wonke owedlule we-Medical College eColombo okungenzeka yafaniswa. Uthole i-PhD yakhe ekolishi lase-Edinburgh. Umsebenzi wakhe wobudokotela ucashunwe ezincwadini zePhysology.

Ujoyine abasebenzi bezemfundo beDivision of Physiology of the College of Colombo ngo-1962 futhi wasukuma ngokuqinile ezingeni, ethola ukuqashelwa khona lapha naphesheya kwezilwandle njengomphenyi oncomekayo nomqeqeshi okhuthazayo, ukuze anyuselwe esikhundleni sobuprofesa kuPhysology. Kamuva wathuthela e-College of Drugs, iRagama, njengomsunguli wayo uDean, futhi waba neqhaza ekukhuliseni iKolishi ukuze likwazi ukuhambela phezulu.

Ubhale izincwadi eziningi ezihlonishwayo ekufundiseni kwakhe, wagxila kwezikhethekile ezihambisana neuroendocrinology, ache kanye reminiscence.

Idiploma kaGrasp in Medical Training yatholwa kakhulu kamuva empilweni (1999) egcizelela umbono wakhe wethemba maqondana nokufunda konke ngempilo yakhe.

Wayengumqeqeshi omuhle kuPhysiology futhi wayenomdlandla wokufaka idatha kubafundi bakhe basekolishi. Abafundi bakhe basekolishi eColombo futhi kamuva eKelaniya babemthanda futhi bemthanda. Oyedwa kubo bonke abafundi abathandayo uthe isihloko sakhe 'uCarlo' kufanele kucatshangwe ukuthi sifinyeza isikhathi sesikhathi seSinhala 'iKālōchitha' - isiqiniseko esidonsa amehlo!

Ngaphandle kwemingcele yokufundisa, ukuhlaziya nokuphatha ezemfundo, uqhubeke nokunakekela izinga elinqunyiwe lokufuna ukwazi nokuzibandakanya kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe kuzo zonke izinhlobo zamaphuzu. Njengesibonelo, incwadi eyabhalwa nguyena igxile esidingweni esibalulekile sokuthengisa ukuthula nokuvumelana kwamaqembu ngenhloso yokuqeda ubumpofu, nokuthola ubulungiswa kanye nobulungiswa kwezenhlalo eSri Lanka.

Wayengumkhankaso okhuthele wokuqeda ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kanye nogwayi, futhi wanikela ngokubambisana okuphelele kanye nabaphathi emizamweni yeziphathimandla ezihambisanayo, noma ngabe yikuphi ukuhlangana kwezepolitiki kwalabo ababedinga abahlinzeki bakhe.

Lapho enikezwa imisebenzi yokuphatha ezemfundo, akazange akhule abe yindoda 'eqinisekile' yezikhulu zezombusazwe. Wayeqondiswa ngokuphelele yizinkolelo zakhe, noma ngabe ukuma kwakhe okuqinile kwakubangela ukungenami phakathi kwemibuso eminingi ekhona.

Manje sesibonile ukuthi wayehlobene nobukhazikhazi bezobuciko bethu bokwenza imidlalo yeshashalazi, i-cinema kanye nomculo, kepha hhayi ngenhloso yokufuna ukugqama. Lokho kuhlangana kwakudingeka ngokuphelele kubadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu kule mikhakha ukumlandela, ngenxa yokuthi wayenekhono lokufaka isandla ekuzameni nasekufisweni kwabo.

Ngikuthola kunzima ukucabanga ngawo wonke umuntu othile eqenjini lethu lasekolishi idokhumenti yakhe engafana nokusebenza kwakhe nekhono emikhakheni ebanzi. Kodwa, usebenzisane ngokukhululeka nalokhu kunoma iziphi izigaba zomphakathi wethu, kanye nentsha yasemaphandleni, hhayi 'njengengcweti' esabalalisa ulwazi noma isikhulu sezombusazwe esivuna amavoti, nokho njengomngani omuhle olindele ukuxoxisana.

Lo msebenzi wokugcina weProfessor Fonseka's persona ukhonjisiwe ekulandiseni kokuya kwakhe emzaneni othile eSifundeni sasePuttalam, omenyelwe inkulumo yenhlangano yentsha, ikakhulukazi abafundi abaphuma ezifundweni kanye nabafundi basekolishi bezinga eliphakeme Isikhundla Esiphakathi. Lokho kwakusemumva kobuhlungu bokuhlubuka kwentsha ngo-1971. Njengoba kwakuhlelwe kusengaphambili, lapho efika esiteshini sesitimela ekuseni, wabingelelwa ngenhlonipho futhi waphelezelwa eya endaweni yomhlangano ngodwendwe lwamabhayisikili, ehamba 'nodokotela' odumile wazigqokisa, wahlala esihlalweni esiphambanweni sebhayisikili eliholayo, izimoto zaleso sikhathi zazincane ngokwanele uma ziqhathaniswa nezamanje. Isimo senhlalo sasingenye yezinhlanga ezihlangene. Ababukeli bakhe, abesifazane nabesilisa abasebasha kakhulu, kwakukhona amaBuddha, amaRoma Katolika namaSulumane, kanye namalungu abefundisi. Ukuphendula le ndaba, balalele inkulumo ngokucabangisisa, futhi babamba iqhaza engxoxweni egcwele ngempilo eyaqhubeka kwaze kwaba phakathi nosuku. Okwahlaba umxhwele umbalisi wale ndaba ukwedlula konke okunye kwakuyindlela ezothile, ehloniphayo futhi ekholisayo lapho 'udokotela' ovelele aphendula khona nakulabo abangavumelani nemibono yakhe embalwa. Wadla isidlo sasemini kanye nabamphethe, izingxoxo ezengeziwe ezengeziwe, waphinde waphelezelwa wayiswa esiteshini sesitimela, ekhombisa ingxenye encane yomphakathi wethu ukuthi izithiyo ze-'Ivory Tower 'akumele zinqotshwe ngokuphelele.

Lokho kwakungubukhulu obungajwayelekile futhi obuyisibonelo sikaProfessor Fonseka, amandla “okuhamba namakhosi, noma kunjalo angalahlekelwa ukuxhumana okuvamile”, okuyisimo sobuntu 'Bomuntu' ovelele njengoba kuvezwe imbongi eyaziwayo uRudyard Kipling.

Ngokubona kwangasese, wayengumuntu osebenza naye obizayo impela kimi. Ukuqondisa, ugqozi kanye nomusa asinike wona Ophysiologists bazohlala phakathi kwethu iminyaka embalwa ukubuya.

UDkt INDUMATHIE NANAYAKKARA

(MBBS, MPhil, PhD)