Obituary - Dr. Sarath Kapuwaththe

It is with deep regret that we inform you, of the demise of Dr. Sarath Kapuwaththe today, at Kandy. Sarath was ailing for quite some time. In spite of his illness he was the live-wire behind our batch get-togethers. His funeral is expected to be on the 26th Ocober 2016, at 3.30 pm at Mahaiyawa, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

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Appiah Balasundaram - Obituary

Appiah Balasundaram 2/28/1938 - 1/5/2016 from our med batch

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bingyraj@gmail.com	05:00 (1 hour ago)
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Dear Friends and Family,

All of us  in the Sri Lankan and Anesthesia Community are mourning  the passing of Appiah Balasundram.

A viewing will be held for Dr. Balasundaram on Sunday, January 10  from 2 to 4 pm, followed by a service at 4 at Bradley Funeral Home, 601 Rt 73 (Evesham Rd), Marlton NJ.

Reception following the service at Brio restaurant, Promenade at Sagemore , 500 Rt 73,  Marlton NJ 08053

Hindu Ceremony will be at Holy Cross Cemetery 11 am, Monday January 11 - 840 Cranbury South River Road, Jamesburg, NJ 08831.

There will be reception immediately following the Hindu ceremony at 1 pm,  venue to be announced.

Please feel free to forward this information 

Thanks,

Shantha, Anoja, Anusuya and Family

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Obituary - Kingsley Wijethunge.

Mana Wedisinghe	5:38 AM (35 minutes ago)
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Hi Philip.

I noticed the following obituary notice that appeared in Sunday  Observer..today.

WIJETUNGE - KINGSLEY JOSEPH (JOY). Dearly beloved husband of Dr. Angela, father of Kishani and Dharshi, father-in-law of Earl, Arney and Patrick Frei, grandfather of Che, Luca and Meena, son-in-law of Letitia and Wally Wijesundera, dearly beloved son of Edward and Catherine Wijetunge, loving brother of Felicia, the late Earl, Lucian and Swarna, brother-in-law of Stanley Tirimanne, Sybil, Sri Kanthi and Lloyd Perera, passed away peacefully at Lake District Hospital, Queenstown, New Zealand on Sunday 30th March 2014. “Till memory fades and life departs, you’ll live forever in our hearts”. May his soul rest in peace! 

Our heartfelt condolences to Angela our batch-mate for the loss of her loving husband and to Lucian our batch mate for the loss of a brother:-

'Though like the wanderer the sun gone down,

Darkness lies over me, my rest a stone,

Still all my life I'l be,

Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee.'

Obituary, Dr. T. Arulanandam, 1960 batch entrant, Colombo, Ceylon.

Dr. Arulanandam retired as Director of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Services, in the Department of Health, Sri Lanka about a decade ago. Ever with a smile and gentle in his ways we will miss him.

'Oh for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound of a voice that is stilled'

Philip G V

Sad news - demise of another of our batch mates , Ms. Swarna Premawansa( Samarasinghe)

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Sena & Sarojini	7:16 AM (8 hours ago)
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Hi Philip

As discussed briefly with you on the phone yesterday , please share the very sad news of the death of Mrs Swarna Premaratne ( Samarasinghe )..

Swarna had died peacefully at her residence at Schofield Gardens, Colombo in October only witnessed by her house keeper.

Swarna had no surviving family as her husband had died few months previously. She had been working as Municipalty doctor at CMC.

A private funeral service had been conducted by her close relatives. Weda( M.P. Wedisingha in Kandy ) had been told by a friend of his who shared this sad news initially with us.

Wedi & Piyaseeli had visited her in Feb 2013.

Philip, you may remember Swarna along with few of us who attended the inaugural COMSAA in September 2012 at Bentota. ( Vipula, Wedi and Piyaseeli, Colvin, myself and few others). You  very kindly took few photos on that occasion with a special photograph to include the 1960 batch mates who attended this event.

Wedi, Piyaseeli and I travelled in the coach from Colombo medical faculty to Bentota and return on that day.as usual we did crack few jokes recollecting our medical school days.

Swarna was a very quiet but a very friendly batch mate who joined many of our batch events held in Sri Lanka .

Please share this Sad news even though it is belated.

Other batch mates may know more of her qualities.

May we all offer our deepest sympathies even belated to all her surviving family.
May she attain the everlasting bliss of nibbhana .

Best wishes

Nana

C.S.Nanayakkara

Swarna is standing next to Piyaseeli Wedisinghe at the CoMSAA get together at Beruwala in 2012.

Swarna at the 25th Anniversary get together in Kandy.

Obituary - Dr.M.H.De Zoysa, Surgeon, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dear all,

It is with regret and sadness this announcement comes to you, to inform the passing away of Dr. M H De Zoysa.
His body lies at the residence - 14, Bodiraja Mawatha, Jayanthipura, Battaramulla . The funeral will take place at 5pm today (23rd May, 2013) at the General Cemetery Borella.

Your's sincerely,

Dr. Chandika Liyanage,
Hony. Secretary

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The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka

My encounters with Dr. M.H.De Zoysa

1. I was a final year medical student in 1964 doing the Prof of Surgery appointment with Prof.Milroy Paul. Dr.Zoysa was his Registrar at that time. He was always on his toes and satisfying every whim and fancy of his Professor. On at least one occasion he drove the Professor to Kandy to lecture at the Peradeniya Medical Faculty when the Professor's car let him down. In the process he collected a lot of amusing stories of the late Professor.

2. In 1973 Dr.Zoysa was Resident Surgeon in Kandy after his overseas training. He, Dr.Purvey Lawrence and Prof Jayaweera (Obs & Gyn) stayed together in Kandy. I had finished my Primary FRCS and completed the required Surgical appointments to sit for the FRCS in UK. I was appointed additional Resident Surgeon at the GH Kandy. It was a hectic time during the 1971 JVP uprising. I was transferred to Batticaloa from Kandy after the rebellion was settled.

3. I succeeded Dr.Zoysa as Consultant Surgeon, General Hospital, Rathnapura in the year 1982 when Dr.Zoysa went as Consultant Surgeon to the GH Colombo.

4. I succeeded Dr.Zoysa as Consultant Surgeon, GH Colombo in 1991 when Dr.Zoysa retired.

5. Dr Zoysa joined the Sri Lankan Army after retirement and worked there till 2012 when he fell ill. His rank was Brigadier in 2012. He served the sick and wounded with courage and dedication till the end. In the dark days when life at Palaly had risks to life and limb Dr.Zoysa would joke with his anxious wife that he would gain a rank as General, posthumously if he died in battle there.

6. Dr.Zoysa was warded in the Intensive Care Unit of the Army Hospital and received the best of care there. His nutrition was good and he did not develop any pressure sores, the bane of prolonged bed-rest, in spite of being bed-ridden for almost one year. This shows the high standard of care he received there. The staff in this unit deserve the highest praise for their work.

A Gentleman in every sense of the word he played life's game following its rules. Dedication to work and teaching competency in the art of surgery to his juniors was his pride. He guided me in my first splenectomy at the GH Kandy. It was a pleasure to talk to him as he related many an interesting tale in his career.

He leaves behind his wife who retired as Head of the Blood Transfusion Services. His son Ishan is Professor of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo and is a Gastro-enterology Surgeon. His Daughter-in-law graduated from the Peradeniya Medical Faculty.

May he advance rapidly on the road to Nibbana.

May all the Kusala Kamma which he did accompany him in the road of Sansara.

All of us who benefited by his services bestow merit on him.

Mother Lanka will remember his services.

Philip G Veerasingam.

I was deeply saddened to hear of Dr de Zoysa's passing. I first met him during the 1983 riots, when I used to work at the Division of Biomedical Engineering Services. He and Mrs de Zoysa went on to become two of our closest friends, sticking by us through thick and thin. Together with Dr Michael Abeyaratne we designed a mobile operating theatre in which Dr MH did hundreds of surgeries in remote hospitals in many parts of the country in 1984-86. He and his house officers used to go to places such as Akuressa and Beliatta on weekends and do this work, entirely voluntarily (my job was to provide the logistics). It was also during that time that he became involved in the army, regularly travelling to Jaffna and other places (an OT was even specially built at Vavuniya) to provide casualty care during operations, together with Dr Narendra Wijemanne and Dr Michael Abeyaratne and later, many other surgeons and medical officers. I have never met anyone who loved Sri Lanka more than MHZ, or on Obituary - Dr.M.H.De Zoysa, Surgeon, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Dr. Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe - Obituary

From: Muttuvelu Maheswaran <muttuvelumaheswaran32@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:20 PM
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DR. BARR KUMARAKULASINGHE - GRACE RAJAMALAR. Aged 104, loving wife of the late Mr. Gunaratnam and dearly beloved mother of Sudhir, went to be with the Lord. Mortal remains lie at A.F. Raymond’s Funeral Parlour, Borella. Service at 4.00 p.m. on Sunday 28th April and thereafter burial at the General Cemetery, Kanatte (Anglican Section). 43 1/2, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 07.            094100 

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Felicitation

Dr Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe 

MRCP (E), DCH (Lond), LMS (Cey) 

Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, 2008: 37: 105

Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe (nee Sinnathamby) 

was born on the August 7, 1908, as the seventh child 

of G.V. and Alice Sinnathamby. She celebrated her 

100th birthday on August 7, 2008. Dr. Barr 

Kumarakulasinghe now lives with her son, Sudhir in 

Gregory’s Road Colombo. 

She first attended Wolfendhal Girl’s School, moved 

to Good Shepherd Convent Kotahena and finally to 

Ladies College where she obtained a first class at the 

matriculation examination. Her brother, Dr G S 

Sinnathamby, coaxed her into a career in medicine. 

She qualified as a doctor, with First Class Honours, 

from the Medical College, Colombo in 1937. 

In 1948, accompanied by her husband, she proceeded 

to the United Kingdom on a government scholarship. 

She returned to Ceylon in 1953 after obtaining the 

DCH (London) and the MRCP (Edinburgh). She was 

appointed to the Castle Street Maternity Hospital and 

in 1954 became the Founder Joint Editor of the 

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, her co-editor 

being Dr. Siva Chinnathamby. 

In 1956 she was appointed to the Lady Ridgeway 

Hospital, Colombo. She was elected the President of

the Ceylon Paediatric Association in 1963. She took a 

keen interest in developing the premature baby units 

in De Soysa Maternity Hospital and Castle Street 

Hospital for Women. 

I first met Dr. Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe when 

she was Consultant Paediatrician, Lady Ridgeway 

Hospital. I did my internship under her in 1967 and

she retired from Government Service soon after I 

completed my internship. At that time the present 

ward 8 was ward 10 and that was where she worked. 

Dr Mirando was the Consultant Paediatrician, ward 9

and Dr Stella de Silva, the Consultant Paediatrician, 

ward 8. Dr Sandrasagara, Consultant Paediatric 

Surgeon, was in ward 7, immediately below us. On 

the other wing of the Hospital were Professor Priyani 

Soysa in ward 1, Dr Walpita in ward 2 and Dr A F S 

Perera in ward 3. 

In those days there were only 2 interns in a ward. My 

co-house officer was Viji Ponnambalam from a 

senior batch who had started her internship 3 months 

late. Thus, for the last 3 months of my internship I 

had to work alone. The paediatric registrar was Dr 

Jayaratnam who was also a nephew of Dr Barr 

Kumarakulasinghe. During that time each of the 

medical units had to look after, in rotation, 3 other 

units viz. Premature Baby Unit, Diphtheria Ward and

Polio Ward. It was a hectic time but I really enjoyed 

working under Dr Barr Kumarakulasinghe who was 

very supportive of us. Working alone for 3 months 

really toughened me up and helped me a lot in later

life. 

On behalf of all paediatricians in Sri Lanka I salute 

and felicitate Dr Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe, who 

is cognitively well and physically independent, on 

reaching her 100th birthday, a truly unique 

achievement. 

Dr. G N Lucas 

Obituary - Husband of Swarna Premawansa nee Samarasinghe.

Obituary Swarna 's husband.

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Mana Wedisinghe	9:52 PM (7 hours ago)
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Hi Philip.

This is a note to inform of the death of , the husband of  our batchmate, Swarna  Premawansa nee Samarasinghe  about two weeks back.

The obituary appeared in the Daily News of  23 rd January .

HAPUWALANA - PREMAWANSA.  (Retired Lecturer, Faculty of Aesthetic Studies, Colombo), beloved husband of Dr. Swarna Premawansa, son of late Mr. Simon Hapuwalana and Mrs. Magdalin Kasturiarachchi (Kadawatha), expired. Cremation at 5.00 p.m. on Monday 28th January at General Cemetery, Kanatta. Remains will lie at Jayaratne Parlour, Borella. 24, Scofield Place, Colombo - 3.  Tel :  0112582478.

We visited her last week after the funeral.

Regards.

Wedi