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Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): Sri Lanka recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday (Feb. 17), with 13 fatalities confirmed by the Director-General of Health Services. Thereby, the COVID-19 death toll in the country now stands at 422. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 46-year-old female from Nuwara Eliya. She died on 11.02.2021 on admission to the Nuwara Eliya District Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as Covid-19 infection and kidney disease. 02. A 65-year-old male from Agarapathana. He died on 12.02.2021 after being transferred from the Agarapatha...

Share: COLOMBO (News 1st): The Director-General of Health Services confirmed that five (05) COVID-19 deaths were reported in the country on Wednesday (Feb. 10), raising Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 death toll to 375. The details of the deceased are as follows: 01. A 73-year-old female from Colombo 05. She died on the 9th of February 2021, while undergoing treatment at the Colombo General Hospital. The cause of death is mentioned as an acute Covid pneumonia, heart disease and stroke. 02. A 51-year-old female from Wattala. She was diagnosed as infected with Covid and transferred from a private hospi...

Academic who thought out of the box The demise of this most gracious lady left most of us in Kandy, more specifically, the Faculty of Medicine at Peradeniya, with a singular sense of loss. She not only was an academic par excellence, but imbibed as she was of eastern culture, gave the medical school values that many generations of doctors, from this institute fondly remember and treasure. Our paths crossed in 1963 -me, a medical student and she, a junior lecturer in Anatomy of a fledgling faculty, seeking a brand name. Her husband, Professor Tommy Wikramanayake had come earlier in 1962 as a f...