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wisdom gift to us

I am heartbroken. I have so many wonderful memories of our office “meetings” which most often had
nothing to do with patient care! We talked about life—the joys as well as the challenges. Dr. Siva approached He loved to talk about the stock market and in what to invest!
life with the wisdom of someone who had seen it all—he spoke of life in Sri Lanka and how it influenced He was always looking ahead.
him. I witnessed his care and compassion for the many patients who passed through our hospital. As a
social worker, I was in awe of his skill in talking with patients and families—no matter how difficult We talked about COVID—masking, vaccines, worldwide

the subject. numbers—and he would send me texts with supporting data.
He had his theories and was always willing to help.
He loved to talk basketball! My youngest daughter, Cristin, who he met one year during the annual YMCA
Turkey Trot, played D3 Basketball at Catholic University. He ALWAYS asked about her. In February 2019, He always had my back. A co-worker was giving me grief about
skill opportunity he had, he challenged the co-worker on the subject,
something, and I confided in him how it upset me. The next
Cristin was having a really difficult time recovering from bilateral hip surgeries, and he sent me this text,
which I then forwarded to my daughter:
supporting my cause. He then winked at me as if to say,
President Teddy Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the “Not to worry — I got you covered!”

man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; I I have a running list of books to read, movies to watch, YouTube
who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but uploads to review — all suggestions by Dr. Siva. He would stop
who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends by and ask me what I thought.
compassion
peaceful soul
himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at
the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and Dr. Siva was a gentle, peaceful soul. His presence had an undefined spirituality — never overt — always
timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” accepting of whatever life threw at him. He would deal. He was a calming presence and had an amazing knack
at figuring out a problem and coming up with a solution. And if the solution didn’t work, oh well, try again.

He cared a lot. >>>
I miss him so much. He was a gift to us all.
—Sharon George

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