This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Australian citizens - email from jksw
When I was fauna: citizen's rallying call
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Jonathan Pearlman and Joel Gibson
May 23, 2007
May 23, 2007
LINDA BURNEY remembers her childhood well - those days when she was counted among the nation's wildlife.
"This is not ancient history," says the state's first Aboriginal minister. "I was a child. It still staggers me that for the first 10 years of my life, I existed under the Flora and Fauna Act of NSW."
Then came the 1967 referendum, when Australians voted to extend full citizenship to Aborigines. Now, just days before the 40th anniversary of that vote, Ms Burney has described the referendum as a high tide in both the nation's history and her own –
the moment when her status was elevated from fauna to citizen.
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A vintage Rolls-Royce - email from Kirubs
HE OWNED AND DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS...
They certainly don't make them like that anymore...
This man owned and drove the same car for 82 YEARS.
Can you imagine even having the same car for 82 years!
Mr. Allen Swift (Springfield, MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P1 Roadster - brand new - from his father as a graduation gift in 1928.
He drove it up until his death last year... at the age of 102! He was the oldest living owner of a car that was purchased new.
It was donated to a Springfield museum after his death.
It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, is dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition (after 82 years). That's approximately 13,048 miles per year (1087 per month)...
Now feast your eyes on this...
What a beauty!
1,070,000 - that's miles, not kilometers!
That's British engineering of a bygone era.
I don't think they make them like that anymore...!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Bharathi's song 'Chinnan chiry kiliye' - a rendition. Forwarded by Krishna Ragupathy
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:25:55 +0800
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Memories of Dr.Barr Kumarakulasinghe - Philip G V.
In the period 1965 to 1966 I was doing internship after completing my MBBS, with Dr.Stella De Silva - Consultant Paediatrician - at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr.Barr Kumarakulasinghe was also Consultant Paediatrician there at that time. Dr.A.S. Thavarasa, my batch-mate did internship with her. She was very gentle and made her contributions at our clinical meetings in a quiet and unruffled manner.
I heard from an aquaintance how after the riots of 1958, she went with milk powder and food packages to the refugee camps in Colombo. She apparently met with opposition from members of the Tamil Congress who remarked that she was a relation of the Federal Party leader Mr.S.J.V.Chelvanayagam. She braved all this and helped the refugees.
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep her.
Rest in Peace.
I heard from an aquaintance how after the riots of 1958, she went with milk powder and food packages to the refugee camps in Colombo. She apparently met with opposition from members of the Tamil Congress who remarked that she was a relation of the Federal Party leader Mr.S.J.V.Chelvanayagam. She braved all this and helped the refugees.
May the Good Lord Bless and Keep her.
Rest in Peace.
Dr. Grace Barr Kumarakulasinghe - Obituary
From: Muttuvelu Maheswaran <muttuvelumaheswaran32@gmail.
Date: Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:20 PM
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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
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