Obituary- Dr Weeraratne- husband Vessamitta Karunaratne.

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Mana Wedisinghe	23:09 (7 hours ago)
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Dear Philip.

This obituary appeared in todays Dailynews (18.06.2014)

Vessamitta  Karunaratne  was in our batch.

Wedi

WEERARATNE, DR.SUSANTHA - Beloved husband of Dr.Vessamitta, loving father of Dilhan and Suranjan, father-in-law of Gayani and Manori, grand father of Oneli and Ruhane, expired. Cortege leaves residence 17/28C, Vijayaba Mawatha, Nawala Road, Nugegoda at 2 p.m. on Thursday June 19th for cremation at 2.45 p.m. at Nawala cemetery. 108265 - See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=obituaries#sthash.Aybvv1X1.dpuf

Medical Batch 1960 entrants, Colombo, get-together, 2nd Saturday July 2015.

durukumara	22:20 (7 hours ago)
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I think we need to circulate this to as many batch mates as possible. What about the weather in june .Is nov dec a good alt re dolphins /whale wathing ect. May be we should get consensus early

Sent from Samsung tablet

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Subject: Doctors Outing - June 2015
From: Ashan Ranasinghe <ashan@jetwinghotels.com>
To: durukumara@gmail.com
CC: hyacinth@jetwinghotels.com

Dear Dr. Kumara,

It was a pleasure speaking with you. Further to the conversation that we had please find the attached proposal for your perusal. I trust that it meets with your requirements and look forward to hearing from you.

I have attached the proposal for Day Outings, and Residential Outings for your perusal.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions that you may have

Best Regards,

ASHAN RANASINGHE
Senior Sales Executive (Corporate Sales) - Jetwing Hotels Ltd.
ashan@jetwinghotels.com
T: +94 11 2345700 ext: 1329  F: +94 11 2345730  M: +94 774750908

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duru kumara	18 Jun (2 days ago)
to Kapu, me

Most seem to prefer June to be safe re weather may be the third week ended.  As for any outings they should be privately organised. Key Wong is good at this. We can also extend to have dinner and a sing along

Walking fast and cycling.

More in relation to cycling and walking fast swinging arms.

Steady balance in cycling is dependent on speed, toppling off at zero speed.

A comfort zone is there. So with walking.

I have seen Parkinsonics ‘shuffle’ forwards - but walking fast.

jksw

jksw

From: Nandana Wijayaweera [mailto:ndw321@hotmail.co.uk] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 1:20 AM
To: Susiri Weerasekara
Subject: FW: Chances of falling are less for a faster walker

See below for comments from an Audio Vestibular Phycisian

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Dear Nandana,

I am glad that you sent me the U-Tube clip on Parkinson's tremor and rigidity being reduced / subdued by repetitive wilful activity (ie:-cycling) or exercise (ie:- dancing) ...

I can't formulate a hypothesis to explain it but it is interesting that these activities gives (what I fathom is) temporary relief, perhaps sustained for hours or days but "not a cure"

Perhaps cholinergic over activity seen in Parkinson disease in face of reduced dopamine, is in some manner

1. bypassed  ... or

2. corrected

when cycling or dancing so that there is in someway a release of 'a reserve' of Dopamine from basal ganglia.

f-MRI studies might give a clue as to the physiology.

The observation that chances of falling (in the older subject) who are faster may seem a paradox, but it is a fact that if one slows down and "is careful" ....  the chances of falling are much greater.

If a "fast individual" were to trip over there would be automatic reflex protective movement.

In the case of a older individual the reflex protective postural changes to regain balance would be gradually lost as spontaneity is reduced 'when being careful' having to consciously think of basic movements such as walking. 

sincerely,

Jaika

Elephant painting an elephant

Email from JKS Weerasekera :-

It is a 15 minutes video, You will see how intelligent the Elephant is. This is Suda, a 4-year-old elephant from Thailand. Elephants are one of the few species on this planet that are sentient (can perceive feeling; feel emotions), self-aware (conscious of themselves as individuals, i.e. they recognize themselves in a mirror, rather than thinking their reflection is another elephant), and significantly intelligent. These are the three main traits we as humans posses, and they lead us to believe that we are separate from animals; better; more advanced. In reality, we are really not that different from them. It's such a shame that these beautiful animals are subjected to such cruelty and suffering at the hands of trophy hunters and circus masters, when they are so similar to us.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=566075863484336

The "F" word...really?

email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

There are  times when the F word is not only desirable, but quite frankly it can be the ONLY word in the English language  that accurately describes some situations. Check out the following examples:

The word  is ' F EAR ' …of  course!

The fate of a Lioness at Masai Mara Kenya.

Best regards

Dawood

Written by: Patrick Reynolds, Governors Il Moran Camp manager Lioness Siena from the Marsh Pride of lions in the Masai Mara was badly injured on her left lower flank by a buffalo horn. Siena has three tiny cubs so the lives of four individual lions were at stake. The wound was deep with the skin sheath being fleeced but no perforations to the stomach wall or any bone dislocation.

Governors Camp driver guides found her with the injury in the early morning and immediately alerted the rangers, we also made contact with the David Sheldrick Wildlife foundation that mobilised the vet in Nairobi and arranged a plane to fly the vet to the Mara. The veterinarian Dr Njoroge from the Kenya Wildlife service’s landed at Musiara airstrip at lunchtime and Governors guides drove the medical team directly to where Siena was resting. Treatment started in the afternoon when she was darted. Moments later a sub-adult lioness promptly sauntered up to Siena who was still standing while the drug was taking effect and pulled the dart out of her with her teeth. Siena was treated and stitched effectively which took approximately 1.5 hours. 48 hours later we found Siena 2 kms on from were she had been treated and she was doing remarkably well, she was walking with her cubs and also squatting to pee; all good signs, we only hope that she continues to improve. Sincere thanks to the effective response from the The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, the medical team from the Kenya Wildlife services, and the assistance of the Narok County Council and Governors’ camp staff. Without intervention it is certain that Siena would not have survived this injury and her cubs would also have been in jeopardy

 

Obituary - Prof. Valentine Basnayake.

email from Muttuvelu Maheswaran	9:45 AM (19 hours ago)

BASNAYAKE - VALENTINE, age 89. Professor Emeritus of Physiology, University of Peradeniya and accomplished Classical Pianist. Founder, Physiological Society of Sri Lanka, passed away on June 10, 2014, in Colombo. The remains were cremated soon after and his ashes scattered in the ocean based on his wishes. PROFESSOR BASNAYAKE is the proud husband of Dr. Mrs. Stella Meriam Collinette Basnayake nee Henry - son of Arthur Valentine (pre deceased) and Elsie (pre deceased) of Nugegoda. Beloved father of Nihal (Deborah Smith), Amal and Lilani (Lal Nugaliyadda). He is the proud grandfather of Danica and Laura Smith (Canada) and Ayushka Nugaliyadda (Sri Lanka), brother of Arthur, Sita Yapa (pre deceased), Kamala Gunasekera, Mahinda, Malini Wijesinghe, Prema and Rohan. A Memorial Service will be held mid-to-late August, details forthcoming. Our family would very much like to hear your personal anecdote of Valentine at the following website:memorialwebsites.legacy.com/ValentineBasnayake 107386

- See more at: http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=obituaries#sthash.T5GQD7Fe.dpuf

P.S.
Prof. Valentine Basnayake would be seen bicycling, with trouser clips in place and a wicker basket mounted on the handle-bar of the bicycle, sedately into the Colombo Medical Faculty. He would enter by the gate near the Anatomy Block, would park his bicycle in the shed next to Dr. Wijesundera's large Audi, remove the trouser clips, pick up a file from the cane basket on the bicycle and walk up the stairs to his room in the Physiology Department. This is a scene I recall of the early 1960s when I was a second MB student. He took renal physiology as the topic of his lectures. The measured sentences delivered with a 'dead-pan' face was his trade-mark. I still remember his lecture on the function of the 'Loop of Henle' and its use of the counter-current principle to extract water and nutrients after glomerular filtration.
Prof. Basnayake was active in the field of Arts and was an accomplished pianist.
He moved over to the Perdeniya Medical Faculty and was Professor of Physiology there for a long time. He became very active in the Arts circle there. Concerts, Musical accompaniments to Dramas were his forte. He helped Dr. Mark Amerasinghe in many of the latter's performances.
Prof. Valentine had a love and care of animals. He was known to keep a saucer of sweetened water for the nourishment of ants in his room. He had love and care for stray dogs. A pup once bit him and he came for advice when I was Resident Surgeon at the GH Kandy. He had to have a course of ARV injections. Before leaving he asked me whether he could use a hypnotic drug before going to bed. I advised my venerated teacher that a glass of hot milk, half an hour before bed-time, would be equally effective. He was mighty pleased with the answer and related the answer with glee to my 'Guru' Dr. Mark Amerasinghe, who later related it to me.

'Home is the sailor

Home from the sea,

The Hunter home from the Hill' -  R.L.Stevenson.

May his Soul Rest In Peace.

Dr. Philip G Veerasingam.