I had a scrub group last Thursday and it kinda clashed with my lecture. Luckily it ended early so I was able to attend the last 15 mins of surgery lecture abt head injury, our first lecture with Dr Sattar.
This old man has long, white beard prob near retiring age. To my surprise, his lecture was so good that it got me hooked within that 15 mins, the only lecturer after Prof Leader whom I actually like the way they teach. Anyway, I told Addy abt my pleasant discovery and he asked me to search his name on Google.
I did. Thank goodness I did it after some revision.
Apparently, Dr Sattar lost his entire family (wife and 3 children arrd me n my sibling's age) due to arson attack 4 years ago. 8 teenagers (yup, oldest 24 youngest 17) wanna seek revenge for their buddy who got killed hours before the attack BUT THEY FOUND THE WRONG HOUSE.
It happened in Leicester at midnight coz the children studied there and the father was in Dublin, still working in the hospital (he's a neurosurgeon btw) when they informed him abt the tragedy.
I was stoned when I saw the news, couldn't imagine that happened to him. I started stalking all the news that were related to this case. He's a devoted Muslim (good one) and was quite popular among the local community. During the funeral he said "I am not angry, yes my heart is broken. I cried a few times today carrying the coffins of my family (but) I am going to continue the work my wife and my children have left for me." Since then, he dedicated his life to our hospital and his religion.
I was beyond impressed at how strong his mentality must be to be able to endure and move on after such tragedy in 4 years time. However, the part that got me really upset was the comment section below. Random people with racist comments saying that he deserved it coz he's a Muslim etc, worse still, those were the comments that got many likes. I had adrenaline rush reading those comments and totally lost my study mood.
lol I spammed Addy's messenger for almost an hour after that to release my anger. 谁叫他跟我讲 :P Anyway, I respect Dr Sattar even more after knowing his story. Will defo go to all of his lectures from now on.
