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Month: December 2020

Flying to the Northern Warfront in the 1990s Part 1

Flying to the Northern Warfront in the 1990s Part 1

A high-risk adventure to serve the country and the Army Part 1 “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…

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The Chilling Bowel Twist

The Chilling Bowel Twist

According to the English dictionary, the word twist has many meanings; it may mean to turn something, or change, to change the meaning of facts of a statement or distort. It also refers to a dance, the twist, in which people stay in one place and twist their bodies from side to side to music- a dance performed with strenuous gyrations especially of the hips. This reminds me of the song by Chubby Checker, THE TWIST which was popular in…

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Its time: All good things come to an end

Its time: All good things come to an end

“It was an Experience of a Lifetime” “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” George Bernard Shaw Introduction When I was appointed as the Consultant Surgeon, Base Hospital, Polonnaruwa in January 1982 it was a shock to me as I had never worked in a hospital out of Colombo and I did not know my future. I was in two minds whether to accept the appointment or not….

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