Eliyantha White

Eliyantha White
Dr Eliyantha Lindsay White
Background information

Eliyantha Lindsay White is a spiritual healer from Colombo who also uses herbs, and the personal physician for Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse.[1] He claims to have healed ailments in many cricket players including Lasith Malinga,[2] Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar and Ashish Nehra. Sachin Tendulkar once called Dr.White the "Miracle Doctor from Sri Lanka".[3] He is not a registered medical practitioner.[4] He has been described as a "quack"[5][6] and a "soothsayer".[7]

In May 2011, Upul Tharanga, a Sri Lankan Cricketer failed a dope test conducted by ICC and it was rumoured that Tharanga had been treated by White and the medication given by White contained the banned substance, due to which Tharanga failed the dope test. However, Upul Tharanga has not officially confirmed that he was treated by White. But Sri Lankan sports minister confirmed that White treated Tharanga. However Tharanga had been treated by other doctors as well.

References

  1. ^ http://www.weeksupdate.com/2009/02/dr-eliyantha-white-miracle-doctor-of.html
  2. ^ http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2008/9/32064_space.html
  3. ^ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/59589/gambhir-nehra-meet-rajapaksa-thank.html
  4. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/06/110612_white_no_doctor.shtml
  5. ^ http://www.lankajournal.com/2011/06/after-taking-medicine-prescribed-by-dr-eliyantha-white-lasith-malinga%E2%80%99s-injury-worsens/
  6. ^ http://www.srilankabrief.org/2011/07/false-doctor-eliyantha-white-is-lankan.html
  7. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/sri-lanka-tamil-tiger


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