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Anarkali 1953, Lata at her best.
jksw
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Gold reserves in the USA
Gold Gone? Germany
baffled as Fed bars access to bullion
Federal Reserve admits
- We have no gold since ..
PUTIN
WANTS GOLD BACK CURRENCY - Claims Russia Will Never Become A NWO Cashless
Society
China Converting US
Debt To Gold: Wikileaks
'Dollar valueless,
about to crash' - World Bank whistleblower
Friday, May 13, 2016
Rita Hayworth
Don’t miss.
Rita Hayworth. Bomb. pre-Monroe. And post Monroe.
Fred Astaire in his prime in the 1940s.
Boy, do his feet move! Mostly black and white then. He is perhaps most known for his ‘Singing in the rain..’ dance.
Watch this time mix- BGs music and more.
You can get to more of Fred Astaire through these. Keep watching his feet more than the glitter!
JKS Weerasekera
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
Surplus of renewable energy
Germany had so much renewable energy on Sunday that it had to pay people to use electricity
You can't beat a Scott
email from JKS Weerasekera
Paddy went to a dentist for tooth extraction and first inquired about cost. Dentist said 12000 , the Scott thought it as too much.
After some thought, he
asked about cheaper methods.
The dentist said Yes,
it can be done without anesthesia and will cost only Rs.3000, but it would be
very very painful.
Paddy said ‘ok Dr, do it without
anesthesia.’
The dentist removed the tooth without anesthesia and during the entire procedure thePaddy sat quietly, even smiling a little.
The dentist removed the tooth without anesthesia and during the entire procedure thePaddy sat quietly, even smiling a little.
The dentist was not
only surprised but was quite impressed
and said “I have never seen such
a brave patient like you. I don't even want my fees, here, instead take this
Rs.5000 as a reward, you've taught me such a powerful lesson today about
mastering one's pain and feelings!!”
In the evening the doctor met his fellow dentists. Related to everyone about Paddy and the tooth extraction.
In the evening the doctor met his fellow dentists. Related to everyone about Paddy and the tooth extraction.
One doctor
jumped up and shouted ‘That bloody Scott first came to me, I gave him local anesthesia injection and asked him to wait outside for half an hour ! After half an hour
when I called him he had left!!!!’
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Zorba the greek
anthony
quinn: zorba the greek
FlashMob
in Manchester - Greek Zorbas (Official)
https://youtu.be/iJM5qjbjOdcMonday, May 9, 2016
Polish words?, Slovenian music
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Health Services in Sri Lanka.
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Forwarded. From a much traveled man. Send this to expats!
jksw
From: Arjuna
AM
To: J. K. S. Weerasekera Subject: Re: FW: FW: Colombo Government Hospitals/ We are not beggars asking for GS plus
Sri Lanka is one of the few countries in the
world where the NHS (National Health Service) is a good success story,considering
its limited resources....
Add to this free education from preschool to University! We live in a remarkable country!!!
AP.
On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 9:52 AM, J. K. S. Weerasekera <susweera@sltnet.lk>
wrote:
I add my comments on progress at govt hospitals
Sri Lanka . 35 years working there including peripheries. Now in the private
sector.
The worst period orthopedically in Sri Lanka was in
the 1970-1980s.
Then we had just 4 orthopaedic surgeons in the whole country
including private sector.
Today the dept of health has 50
ortho surg. Studding all over the country – north south east west- the rapid rise in the last 10 years.
(Without GSP plus genuflexion for these hospitals!)
Selected centres as recommended only by the
Sri Lanka Orthopaedic Ass.
Each unit gets better equipped month by month, hip
surgery, knee replacements all in.
The improvements continued with Maithripala Sirisena as
Minister of Health, Not
with that Nimal Siripala. Many
investors pulled out, at commissions asked.
Basic plan is to have two orth. surgeon units at
each regional hospital.
With great amity among all, the younger surgeons get advice
and equipment from better centres. holding conferences, Swiss
AO techniques,
annual academic sessions with foreign participation, north south east and
west.
Just last week, SLOA held its live orthopaedic surgery
sessions in Jaffna, bath at Cashuarina beach, Tal raa at Keerimalai too.
JKSWeerasekera FRCS
Former Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon
National Hospital
Sri Lanka
P.S. the letter below compares Philippines. That
is the American model we can expect if we go that way! Ask John Kerry. |
From Prof. Lama.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Shriani Burley
Subject: Colombo Government Hospitals
From: Shriani Burley
Subject: Colombo Government Hospitals
My Filipino friends cannot believe that we have free health service
in Sri Lanka. In the Philippines they do not accept the patient until you
pay or show that you can afford to pay. I know of instances where dead
bodies have not been released by hospitals until full payment is made.
Often I hear horror stories from my friends whose relatives are in hospitals in
the Philippines. I am going to proudly relate to them the following which
they will never comprehend.
Shriani
"After my husband
was in a private hospital in Sri Lanka during the past week where he got really
good ICU treatment for which I am truly thankful and had an amazing doctor who
treated him who is also a friend and refused to charge him ..... The hospital
bill was astronomical and I will happily pay the same amount or more to have
him saved the way he was..,I over the last few months have been refusing to go
to the private sector for my health - and had been to the out patients dept in
Colombo South National Health Service hospital where I was given a date two
weeks later for investigations. ( had I been warded the investigation s would
have been done straight away) I just returned home after a having had an
ultrasound scan of my abdomen liver gall bladder pancreas spleen kidneys bladder
uterus pelvis and an endoscopy. superb efficient treatment - went in at 8.30am
hundreds of people waiting to be done - I was home by 10am with my scan and
endoscopy results to show my doctor at the NHS hospital clinic in a few days
time. All free of charge. My personal experiences in the government and the
private sector in health care in Sri Lanka has shown me that the doctors and
other medical staff in the NHS hospitals are very well trained and are able to
take a decision re the patient straight away . However after my husband was
taken into a fancily expensive private room in the ward in the private hospital
on the one day that the doctor treating him was on leave I had to threaten to
take him out of the hospital by private ambulance to a government hospital
before I managed to get a medical staff member to take a decision re the pain
he was having . Just wanted to share this with you ......"
Arjuna Perera
Sepa (Private) Limited
Sepa Consultancies
39/8, Edmonton Road, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (0)11 2512074 Mobile: +94 (0)714 743528
Skype ID: arjunaperera
Sepa (Private) Limited
Sepa Consultancies
39/8, Edmonton Road, Colombo 05, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 (0)11 2512074 Mobile: +94 (0)714 743528
Skype ID: arjunaperera
PS
I worked in the Department of Health, Sri Lanka from 1965 to 2000 as intern House Officer, District Medical Officer in charge of a District Hospital at Koslanda, Senior House Officer training in Surgery, Resident Surgeon, Consultant Surgeon posts at Batticaloa, Rathnapura, Kandy and the General Hospital, later named the National Hospital Sri Lanka, where I retired as Senior Surgeon. We lived at a time when the following rules existed:-
1. Doctors were not paid overtime.
2. Ones duty for the day was over only when the days work was done - Casualty surgery going on to the early morning hours.
3. Having two intern house officers only under each Consultant in charge of a unit.
4. Taking leave was not ones right.
5. The years vacation leave was rarely taken for years on end because, cover for ones duties was unavailable.
6. Service to ones country was foremost in our deliberations.
The Health Department still has a lot of dedicated workers who give of their best to our country, especially in the periphery of Sri Lanka.
We are proud of what we did in our time and proud of the personnel who carry on the mission now.
Philip G Veerrasingam
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