Reconditioned van serving as a mobile canteen, Regency Hotel, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
Friday, December 30, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Recalling happy times
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| MGS Karu over the years |
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| Look at the group. Dr. Wijemanna is no more with us |
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| Pearl and Hetty. |
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| The Late Sarath Kapuwaththe |
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| Senaratne & his better half |
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| Ragupathy at his 50th wedding anniversary |
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| Fred Spiittl |
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| Wignaraja |
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| Philip G V |
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Jeyadevy and daughter
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| Senir Makuls couple, Geri, Vipula and Nihal |
I have left some photos unmarked.
Wishes for the New-Year
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 2:32 PM Sena & Sarojini <csn48@aol.com> wrote:
Hi Philip/Mana nad all our Batchmates
Another year passes and we are getting older by another year
To my recollection, , we lost five of our batch mates in 2022
totalling almost upto 100.
-( Daya Thenuwara ( 19.1.220
-(Don Victor Atapattu 1.2.22)
-(G.S.Gnanasingham 4.2.22)
-( Chandra Dissanayaka 8.2.22)
-Carlyle Perera 14.9.22)
Philip has till recently kept our blog alive but I do not see any more blog updates from him except via his FB.
I would like to offer our sincere seasonal good wishes- Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year 2023 to all our batchmates and their families.
If you can please share with all our surviving batchmates.
A brighter and a trouble free New Year & many more years ahead.
Nana
C.S.Nanayakkara
UK
From:
Mana
Wedisinghe
Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 3:39 pm
To: Sena & Sarojini
Cc: Philip Veerasingham; Philip
Veerasingam; Malavi
Karunanayake; karu1941@talktalk.net; Nihal Gooneratne; makuloluwe@onetel.net; Tilak Weerasinghe
Subject: Re: Wishing all our \batchmates ( 1960 medical entrants)
Seasonal Greetings
Thank you Nana and Sarojini....
We wish all our batchas.... A New Year filled with good health and happiness. And send Seasons Greetings herewith.
Right now it's cold and gloomy here , physically and politically . Looking forward for brighter days ahead.
With Love and warm regards.
Mana and Piyaseeli
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Victor Gnanadurai and Nalini Rodrigo reminisce 'the old days' of Anaesthesia.
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Dear Nalini and Daya,
During our student days, your dedication and concern in the University SCM and our involvement in visiting families living in the “slums” around Kelani river and Ceylon Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis (CNAPT) helped shape my Christianity and my relationship with God and I was ever so grateful to you and fellow Christian students, including Philip.
When, I started, Pain Relief was in its infancy. I had presented a paper on intrathecal morphine at an Intractable Pain Society Conference. An English colleague who was at the meeting was persuaded by a surgeon who was also at the meeting to administer intrathecal morphine, and the patient sadly died.
The Medical Defence Union telephoned me the next day that I should stop administering intrathecal diamorphine with immediate effect. When I protested, they told me “you will be on your own” ie, I would be defenceless. Because I prayed to God for every patient, I felt safe. I had the habit of taking early morning walks at 4.30 am along the glorious English fields, and committing every Pain patient on my list that day by name to my God. I used to wonder why I was working in fabulously rich England and not in Ceylon.
Nalini, it was such a pleasure and joy to read your email. I will never forget my student days with you all. Your dedication shaped me.
Lots of love,
Victor.
> On Dec 7, 2022, at 1:23 AM, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Victor,
> Phillip sent me your reply to his DL video knowing that I would appreciate it very much - & I did! To do all that in the 1970s was really great. When Daya & I were in UK from 72-74, anaesthetists were absolutely scared of giving any injection into the spine (Im sure you remember the story)! Spinal anaesthesia was kind of taboo and everyone was skeptical when I was giving it freely (it was of course the first choice in SL!). And very few could give a decent epidural! So for you to be using it for chronic pain so soon after is truly amazing! We started giving intrathecal morphine about the same time but did not have the technology back up to do it properly and on a large scale. Relieving pain is our greatest challenge and privilege and God directed you to be a Pain Missionary! What a calling!
> I remember your dedication and commitment in the good old SCM days!
> God bless you and yours all the years to come.
> Nalini
During our student days, your dedication and concern in the University SCM and our involvement in visiting families living in the “slums” around Kelani river and Ceylon Association for Prevention of Tuberculosis (CNAPT) helped shape my Christianity and my relationship with God and I was ever so grateful to you and fellow Christian students, including Philip.
When, I started, Pain Relief was in its infancy. I had presented a paper on intrathecal morphine at an Intractable Pain Society Conference. An English colleague who was at the meeting was persuaded by a surgeon who was also at the meeting to administer intrathecal morphine, and the patient sadly died.
The Medical Defence Union telephoned me the next day that I should stop administering intrathecal diamorphine with immediate effect. When I protested, they told me “you will be on your own” ie, I would be defenceless. Because I prayed to God for every patient, I felt safe. I had the habit of taking early morning walks at 4.30 am along the glorious English fields, and committing every Pain patient on my list that day by name to my God. I used to wonder why I was working in fabulously rich England and not in Ceylon.
Nalini, it was such a pleasure and joy to read your email. I will never forget my student days with you all. Your dedication shaped me.
Lots of love,
Victor.
> On Dec 7, 2022, at 1:23 AM, daya & nalini rodrigo <dayanalini2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Victor,
> Phillip sent me your reply to his DL video knowing that I would appreciate it very much - & I did! To do all that in the 1970s was really great. When Daya & I were in UK from 72-74, anaesthetists were absolutely scared of giving any injection into the spine (Im sure you remember the story)! Spinal anaesthesia was kind of taboo and everyone was skeptical when I was giving it freely (it was of course the first choice in SL!). And very few could give a decent epidural! So for you to be using it for chronic pain so soon after is truly amazing! We started giving intrathecal morphine about the same time but did not have the technology back up to do it properly and on a large scale. Relieving pain is our greatest challenge and privilege and God directed you to be a Pain Missionary! What a calling!
> I remember your dedication and commitment in the good old SCM days!
> God bless you and yours all the years to come.
> Nalini
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