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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
Glimpses of my childhood and defeating dyslexia
How Harendra de Silva overcame Dyslexia
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
"Stay dressed for action & keep your lamps burning."Luke 12:35 ESV
Value of a moment !
- May 27, 2020
- 4 min
Never a dull moment
George and his stamps
- May 8, 2020
- 3 min
There in the Old Kalahari
Solly meets his relatives
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Reflections on a life well travelled
Sunila Sarathchandra reminisces about life and friendship
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Lack of mindfulness “sniff the food”
Nalini, Chocolate Sauce and Vegetables
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
My first job interview in UK
How Markar discovered "Toad in the hole"
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
Curing Thalassaemia in Sri Lanka
Kalinga Nanayakkara's personal odyssey to cure the incurable
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
Taking the piss
How Rudi took piss out of his friends!
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
Covid-19 and this little village in England
A very thirsty Kuvera tells us about his “water problem”
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
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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