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A Caring Human Being Full of Humor- by Dr. Mahinda D. Jayasinghe Source:Island Dr. Mahinda D. Jayasinghe, MD was a pediatric cardiologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He practiced there for more than 20 years specialising in Pediatric Cardiology treating heart disease in children. His loving wife, Indra, practiced Pediatrics also in Baton Rouge practiced for over 20 years. Their only child, Saman, followed in his parent’s footsteps and qualified as a Preventive Medicine Specialist practicing nearby. Mahinda Aiya’s father was Maulise De Silva Jayasinghe (Staff Officer, Ceylon Wharfage Co. Ltd.) who married to Aggresha Amarawathie Jayasinghe De Silva. His siblings were Indra Irangani Jayasinghe (deceased), Manel De Silva Jayasinghe, Nihal Ranjith Jayasinghe (in Toronto), and Vinitha Manohari Jayasinghe (deceased). Mahinda Aiya was very proud to say that his father migrated from a village called Wauwa in Devinuvara (God’s Town) a seaport town at the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka. His ...