Former MP Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thera passes away Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Former MP and Southern Provincial Councillor Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thera passed away in Matara yesterday. He was 68.
Ven.Samitha Thera had been first treated for COVID-19 at the Galle Karapitiya Teaching Hospital where had recovered and had returned to his residential temple in Baddegama.
However he had developed some post COVID complications and had been admitted to a private hospital where he succumbed.
Ven.Baddegama Samitha was a popular politician who was admired for his revolutionary role in politics as a leading Buddhist monk since his career in academia.
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