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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, January 3, 2005: This press release from Datuk A. Vaithilingam, president of the Malaysia Hindu Sangam, reads:



“I have great pleasure in informing that 6 medical doctors are leaving for Sri Lanka this week to assist more in disasters especially in the east and north-east of Sri Lanka. Three doctors with four other assistants are leaving on January 5 and three on January 7. We established our contacts in Sri Lanka and India. A Malaysian, Mr. T. M. Ramachandran is the person in Sri Lanka and another Malaysian, Mr. Waytha Moorthy is the contact person in Tamil Nadu. The doctors in Sri Lanka will be attached with Chinmya Mission. Our volunteers in India took some US$6,000 worth aid but found that relief work there were moving well with RSS and Seva Barathi International volunteers in the forefront. Therefore Mr. Waytha Moorthy and group are moving over to Sri Lanka within a few days taking along with them water purifiers and medical aid supplies to join our doctors. The medical panel of 6 doctors and 8 assistants led by Dr.Ganesan are also taking along medical aid worth $9,000. Sri Lanka especially needs more medical and food supplies. The 35 NGOs coordinated by Malaysia Hindu Sangam will continue to monitor the situation. We have sent 3 containers of food, mineral water and medical supply worth $18,000 to Sri Lanka.”

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