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THE FIRST SEMINAR ON WAR SURGERY IN SRI LANKA

October 28, 2020 Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Comments 0 Comment

AND THE ORATION ON MISSILE INJURIES IN SRI LANKA The first seminar on war surgery in Sri Lanka was held in Sri Lanka from 15th to 16th June 2001 at the JAIC Hilton, Colombo. This was organised by the College of Surgeons together with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sri Lanka Army Medical Services. A total of 175 doctors participated in the seminar. The Chief Guest at the opening ceremony was Lt Gen L Balagalle,…

Military ward opened in Polonnaruwa – 1986

July 13, 2020 Dr Gamini Goonetilleke Comments 6 comments

Casualty Management at the Base Hospital in Polonnaruwa was going on smoothly. I promoted the idea of establishing a Military ward to the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army. That was accepted and a special ward was built adjoining the main hospital. This was opened in November 1986. An Intensive Care Unit with two beds was also set up mainly for the service personnel injured in the conflict. As the war intensified more and more services personnel injured in conflict…