Another New Year
Photo Credit Pexells.com Nur Andi Rasvanjani Gusma Soon it will be the time to celebrate the Sinhalese & Tamil New Year But alas, there's...
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Dec 12, 20213 min read
Studying medicine at the foothills of Himalayas, Kathmandu valley
Hello all! My name is Madushika and I completed my MBBS in Pokhara, Nepal, following which I entered a 365-day compulsory rotational...
Oct 18, 20213 min read
An Appreciation, Dr B.A.S. Jayasekara.
"Ajith Jayasekara was a respected and greatly loved physician who practised in Colombo for many years. He was a couple of years junior...
Aug 1, 20211 min read
Absolute solitude in the bush
Upananda Bopitiya clearly has a talent for writing. This talent was kept under wraps for so long, but we are grateful to him for letting...
May 23, 20214 min read
Carrying coals to Newcastle
Colour of his teeth has saved Siva ....... Photo private collection of A Sivakumar. On a cool February night forty years ago, Jayantha,...
May 9, 20213 min read
Living Childhood Dreams at 70+
If our colleague Ranjith Thambirajah’s youth was made memorable by travelling frequently in upcountry trains with his father, my...
Feb 21, 20215 min read
Tribute to Dr K Ratnakumar
Ratna and Saro Tribute to Dr Kandiah Ratnakumar FRCS 15.04.1951- 26.01.2021 Emeritus Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Alumnus of 1....
Jan 23, 20213 min read
The picture that reminds me of my old profession.
Doctor's Dilemma! Sir Luke Fildes, The Doctor, 1891 | Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported) Photo © Tate I...
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Thanksgiving in 2020
Photo Credit Rachel Claire from Pexels Missing celebratios Tis the season of rejoicing and Happy Thanksgiving But the deadly COVID has...
Aug 29, 20205 min read
Glimpses of my childhood and defeating dyslexia
How Harendra de Silva overcame Dyslexia
Aug 28, 20202 min read
"Stay dressed for action & keep your lamps burning."Luke 12:35 ESV
Value of a moment !
May 27, 20204 min read
Never a dull moment
George and his stamps
May 8, 20203 min read
There in the Old Kalahari
Solly meets his relatives
May 8, 20202 min read
Reflections on a life well travelled
Sunila Sarathchandra reminisces about life and friendship
May 6, 20202 min read
Lack of mindfulness “sniff the food”
Nalini, Chocolate Sauce and Vegetables
May 5, 20202 min read
My first job interview in UK
How Markar discovered "Toad in the hole"
May 5, 20203 min read
Curing Thalassaemia in Sri Lanka
Kalinga Nanayakkara's personal odyssey to cure the incurable
Apr 27, 20203 min read
Taking the piss
How Rudi took piss out of his friends!
Apr 18, 20203 min read
Covid-19 and this little village in England
A very thirsty Kuvera tells us about his “water problem”
Apr 17, 20204 min read
Part 1: Baptism of fire: My first ENT operation
Jayantha Premachandra recounts his disastrous first day as a student ENT SHO in Colombo General Hospital
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