Colours of Courage Trust together with Ministry of Health and Sri Lanka Army resumes construction of Karapitiya Trail Cancer Hospital Project on track for 2026 completion The Colours of Courage Trust -in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sri Lanka Army- has announced the resumption of construction of the Karapitiya Trail Cancer Hospital Project, following a Phase Two commencement ceremony to be held on Thursday 30th of January. Proposed as an auxiliary unit of the existing Cancer Unit at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, this groundbreaking new 10-storey cancer treatment facility, when complete in its entirety, will be equipped with a state-of-the-art Radiology Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Paediatric Ward, Surgical ICU, Chemotherapy Unit, Operating Theatres, and 160-bed Oncology wards – providing much-needed relief and medical care for the increasing influx of patients who travel from the surrounding provinces to seek treatment. The Colours of Courage Trust (COC) – a ...
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Arrowheads directed at AUSTRALIA DAY…..Today-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Item in THE ADVERTISER Newspaper in Adelaide … web-reference gone walkabout … But see ………………………… https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-boss-nick-hockley-left-speechless-after-grilling-from-radio-host/news-story/199aa83d0e60b1da470ce4721b05b861 The issue that’s reaching boiling point today is the Australia Day debate. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins has added his voice to calls to change the date from January 26: “My personal opinion INSERTION: photos of typical Australia Day displays in Sydney in 2023 as concurrent ceremnies occurred in all cities, town and villages Image Source:Thuppahis Air Force “Roulettes” in fly past in 2023 I absolutely love Australia and think it is the best country in the world by a mile. I think we should have an Australia Day, but I think we can probably find a more appropriate date to celebrate. Australia Day is meant to be a celebration of everything Australia in our history. I think we could choose a better date.’’ ...
Mystery surrounds ship carrying 248 SL migrants likely bound for NZ that ’disappeared’ Source:Dailymirror A Government log of attempts by asylum seekers to reach New Zealand shows a fishing trawler and its 248 Sri Lankan passengers have never been seen again. Immigration Minister Michael Wood has refused to be drawn on what information the Government has about attempts to reach New Zealand shores by boat, Radio New Zealand reported. On March 28, the day he introduced legislation extending the time people in mass arrivals can be held in detention from four to potentially 28 days, his office also released a list of attempts to reach New Zealand and Australia. ...
Protecting Consumers from Racketeers Source:Dailynews Every week we discuss something reported in the mainstream media and social media. Most of the time, it is something major. But small things also matter and sometimes small things matter more than those major things. Maybe certain things are very small or minor for some but the impact of those things may be experienced by the entire society for decades to come. This is why we talk about certain small things here today. Almost all of us have travelled by buses and trains. If we take our mobile phones and headphones off at least once or twice during our travels, we can remember one thing for sure. It just takes a lapse of concentration on our part being distracted by someone selling Incense Sticks and other non-essential, useless items which are sold in buses and trains by people stating that their livelihoods depend by ...
UQ Prof Udantha Abeyratne and University team in major breakthrough Source : Dæhæna – Monthly e-Newsletter November 2022 – Queensland Sri Lankans Pfizer has acquired University of Queensland (UQ) startup ResApp Health Limited. ResApp, an ASXlisted company, has developed simple and inexpensive smartphone technology to accurately identify respiratory diseases based on cough analysis. Put it simply, it can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough. The technology records a patient’s cough on a smartphone and analyses sounds and simple symptoms, such as a runny nose, to diagnose and measure the severity of a range of chronic and acute diseases, including asthma, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, croup and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The UQ technology was developed by (Sri Lankan) Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne and his UQ team. Dr Abeyratne said that they worked closely with paediatricians and respiratory physicians to develop the diagnostic technology. “When I open up my ...
Educational reforms Sri Lanka demands today for a brighter tomorrow Source:Island The 32nd Dr. C. W. W. Kannangara Memorial Lecture titled ‘For a country with a future’: Educational reforms Sri Lanka demands today’ delivered by Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Director, Institute for Research and Development, Sri Lanka and Chairman, National Institute of Fundemental Studies, Hanthana on Oct 13 at the National Institute of Education, Maharagama Continued From Friday (21) We believe the child who is ready to face the challenges of the 21st century is a child who meets all these requirements.” They have identified six aims of general education as shown below. National aims of general education ...
TOURISM NEEDS INSPIRATION – By Dr Tilak S. Fernando World Tourism Day falls on September 27. Tourism is a big business that benefits many globally. It does not only help hoteliers, but it aids those who are associated with the tourism industry culturally and religiously, with many natural attractions on offer. Tourism provided the oxygen required for the country to survive the present economic crisis. An increase in the inflow of tourists depends on the quality of the product Sri Lanka offers tourists. The latest statistics before the advent of the Easter Sunday terror attacks and COVID-19 show Sri Lanka receiving a record number of tourists in 2018. There has been a significant increase in tourist arrivals recently after Tourism Minister Harin Fernando appointed Priantha Fernando as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA). The Sunday newspapers highlighted that the former Coordinating Secretary to the State Transport ...
There is no such person as ‘one-armed economist’-by Jayampathy Molligoda Source:FT The Sri Lankan Government adopted a relaxed monetary policy coupled with lower taxes to stimulate economic growth since 2020 (beginning) till end of 2021. The objective was to provide relief to people and businesses in order to overcome negative effects due to COVID-19 and the Easter Sunday attack in April 2019. However, whether the economy really produced goods and services to the extent that is required is questionable. It is true that during the year 2021 they have been able to convert the negative growth rate of 3.6% in 2020 into a positive growth rate of 3.7% in 2021. Commencing 2022, Central Bank (CBSL) has adopted a policy of tightening the monetary policy by increasing the interest rates and increase income tax and indirect taxes such as VAT and social security contribution levy in order to reduce inflation and ...
Queensland based Sri Lankan professor receives $179 million on his innovations Source:Island A Brisbane-based company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough has been purchased by Pfizer for nearly $180 million.ResApp Health Limited uses diagnostic technology developed by Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne and his research team at the University of Queensland (UQ) to record and analyse a patient’s coughs on a smartphone. The app also considers the self-reporting of simple symptoms like a runny nose or fever to diagnose and measure the severity of a range of pulmonary diseases, including asthma and pneumonia.Pfizer, which is one of the world’s largest bio-pharmaceutical companies, offered to buy ResApp earlier this year when the company announced positive results for its COVID-19 screening test. ...
Recording of Multicultural Media Online Forum w/ Dr Jan Fizzell and Dr Clinton Coloco on COVID-19, Flu & Travel related infections held on Wed 24 August 2022 NSW Health Senior Medical Advisor Dr Jan Fizzell provide an update on COVID-19 and flu for multicultural media and Westmead Hospital Infectious Diseases Advanced Trainee Dr Clinton Colaco will provide information on travel related illnesses and gastrointestinal infections. Moderated by Jesusa Helaratne, Deputy Director, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service. ...
