Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Archives

eLanka Newsletter – 10 Jan 2021 – 3rd edition – Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter A tribute to my friend Lucien Perera – by Desmond Kelly “The beautiful butterfly mountain” – By Des Kelly A Precious photo of the “Senior “ Seniors – by Somasundaram Skandakumar The Body Shop launches campaign with Oxfam; invites customers to join fight against period poverty in Sri Lanka Unbowed and unafraid, Lasantha spoke truth to power – By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Remembering “Walloops”: Father of Cardiology in SL – By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Search for Ehelepola’s grave in Mauritius What does extra salt do to your body- the planet’s tastiest mineral?-By Dr Harold Gunatillake Bogoda Wooden Bridge – oldest surviving wooden bridge in Sri Lanka By Arundathie Abeysinghe Remembering cricketing great, P.I. (Ian) Pieris (1955) Kaleidoscope with Savithri Rodrigo Big Match Hero JAYAMPATHI ...

Flying to the Northern Warfront in the 1990’s – by Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Source: A Surgeon’s Tales “Reminiscence of a Surgeon” – Dr Gamini Goonetilleke “I was never a military surgeon! I was not even enlisted as a volunteer doctor to serve in the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corp. I gathered considerable experience in the management of war casualties while working as the only surgeon at the Base Hospital, Polonnaruwa. I wanted to use that experience for the benefit of the army personnel injured in conflict. Thus I volunteered my services to treat the armed forces injured in battle in the North”. Background The explosion of a Landmine in Thirunelvely in the Northern city of Jaffna on the 23rd of July 1983 originated the onset of clashes between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces and The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Northern Province. This phase of the war was ...