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Hello All,
Carlyle Perera's funeral will be on Wednesday 28th September at 11.00am at the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, cnr of Deepdene Road and Whitehorse Road, Balwyn.
There will be a viewing at the same church on Tuesday 27th at 6.30 pm.
I have just heard from Sujiva that Channa Wijesinghe had passed away two days ago and the funeral will be at Boyd Chapel in the Springvale Cemetery on Saturday 24th September at 11.30 am.
I have no knowledge of Channa's illness.
Buddy
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Aum Sri Sai Ram
An Appreciation of Late Dr.N.Sivarajah
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My Humble Salutations to the Cosmic Power!!!
Jaffna Medical Association has given me this noble and humble task of expressing
an appreciation and respect to Late Dr.N.Sivarajah.
Friends I shall squeeze this tribute into the time allocated.
He was born in Negombo almost 80 years back, grew in Diwulupitya, had the
primary and secondary education at St Mary,s college, Negombo, Pre University
Education at Ananda College, Colombo and for a short time at Jaffna Hindu
College. Graduated as a doctor from the University of Ceylon, obtained post-
graduate degrees from the Tropical medicine & Health Institute, London and from
the Post Graduate Institute Colombo.( MD & DPH)
Held various posts in the Department of Health such as DMO, MOH,Port Health
officer, traversed the length and breadth of Sri Lanka serving in Amparai,
Mawathugama, Kegalle, Vavuniya, Manipay, Kyts,Anuradhapura and Colombo.
In the University Of Jaffna,he served as Senior Lecturer and Head of Department
of Community Medicine from 1988 to 2003. After this he became the Coordinator
In Jaffna for the WHO from 2003 to 2013.
In the JMA, he was a Life Member, Vice President from 1982 till 1985., President
of this Noble Association in 1986/87 and was the Editor of Jaffna Medical Journal
from 1988 till2003. His articles and abstracts in the JMJ from 1986 till 2010
focused on Parasitic Infestation and Nutrition of Children, Heroin Addiction(drug
was introduced into Jaffna in 1983), & Pattern of Cancer Disease in Jaffna District.
He had written an appreciation of Dr.V.Krishnarajah , Past President of JMA,
Editor of JMJ and Consultant Surgeon at Jaffna Teaching Hospital In JMJ 1994.
He vehemently pointed out the aberration in the Infant and Maternal Mortality
Rates published during the Civil War period. He found out that only 50 % of the
deaths were registered during that period.
Other than the JMA, he had headed several other Organizations such as Jaffna
Science Association(2001 to 2002) , Association for Health Education and
Development(AHEAD) & association for the rehabilitation of the Disabled(AROD)
Other than Medical Students, he had lectured to Students of Allied health &n
Science Department, Students of Nurses training College and Schools.
He had edited a magazine “Suha Manjari” to the Para Medics.
He always talked how he played a role in One Day Stoppage of War to distribute
vaccines throughout the island. He also talked about how the communicable
diseases were controlled or prevented in the refugee camps.
During his close association with the terminally ill cancer patients, he observed
the common regrets expressed by these patients during their last days. These
regrets as expressed by the patients are :
1.I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself and not the life others
Expected of me.
2. I wish I’d had not worked so hard , neglecting the family
3. I wish, I’d had the courage to express my feelings
4. I wish that I had stayed in touch with my friends
He had passed on these observations by E mail to our mutual friend Dr.Philip
Veerasingam in April 2014.
He was a man of resolute and strong will. He became a victim of violence on
24.08.2009 in his Department office. The perpetrator of the violence left the
Faculty without finishing the course. This did not deter him from doing his work
with enthusiasm.
Friends! We paid our last respect to his body in this hall last Sunday 11.03.2019.
The body is no more. But we can pay respect to his work and ideas eternally.
After associating with him for many years, I came to know his motto which is
“Prevention is better than cure”
Later on he changed it into:
“Prevention benefits far more patients than clinical medicine.
Prevention is more certain than cure”
We humbly bow down to his ideals and exemplary life.
May the Cosmic Power bestow Peace in All.
Thank you
Dr.R.Ganeshamoorthy
15 th March 2019
From: Barclay Reid <buddygreid@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:36 AM
Subject: Carlyle Perera
To:
1. It is with
profound sorrow that I inform you that Carlyle Perea passed away early this
morning sudden but painlessly.
He had been
ailing for some time with kidney failure and diabetes and a slowly healing
wound of the leg.
Buddy
2. Hello all,
Here are some email addresses
Travis Perera - travis@pererachats.com
Megan - shevperera@hotmail.com
Regards,
Buddy
He was a retired deputy director of health services and must have been in his eighties. He had come in for an attack of abdominal pain to the casualty ward at the NHSL. I was doing my morning pos- casualty rounds when I met him. He had a certain degree of 'class' about him and was dressed in white satin drill. Once I had examined him and found that he had nothing serious I asked him about the old days of his medical career. I requested him to tell a memorable incident in his career as MO, to the medical students who were around me.
He was MO at Medagama in the early 1950's. He had a Morris Minor car. One day returning from Buththala a nearby hospital at night, he was confronted by a herd of elephants on the main road. A male tusker in the herd was blocking the road and looked aggressive. He got stayed in the car putting up the windows quickly. The tusker approached the car, went round it. It felt the warmth of the bonnet of the car with the tip of its trunk. Then it literally attempted to sit on the bonnet. When it felt the bonnet sagging down it quickly got up. Our friend the MO meanwhile quickly got out of the car and ran to a nearby culvert, crawled and hid under it. After a long wait the elephants moved away. The MO went back to the car when the coast was clear, quickly started the car and raced it to Medagama his home station. The strongly built Morris Minor had only a minor dent in the bonnet as witness to the incident. Cars were built with gauge 18 steel and were rock steady those days.
He also related another story. Once he was called to see a village headman, a 'gammuladhaniya', who was suffering from a fever. Our friend had got a syringe and a vial of quinine, put them into his coat pocket and was ready for the trap. He was guided through a foot-path in the jungle. They were merrily walking along when they heard the trumpeting of elephants. His companion said let us run away and quickly started using a side path skirting the one they were traveling in. In the process they had to ford a stream. They ran helter-skelter and came to the headman's house breathless.
After resting a few minutes, the MO was taken to see the patient. The patient had a high fever with chills and a palpable spleen a sure sign of malaria. Only when he searched his coat pocket did he realize that it was missing. Obviously it had slipped out while running away from the elephants. He had to wait till some-one went to get a syringe and quinine injection from his quarters.
Buddy’s song at Pearls Birthday Zoom get-together Zoom
And here is Buddy's wonderful song with brilliant lyrics!
Please click on the link below :-
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j09OqTSVUxsnxvt-5ofUrUSmFovcntA0/view?usp=sharing
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| Student Christian Movement trip to Prof. C C De Silva's rubber estate -1963 |
Phillip
Thanks for forwarding the photo. I can see you in the front row.
Nalini Ratnayake
Joe Jeyaratnam
Buddy Reid
Chandran Ponnambalam
Vijitha Nickapote
Lawrence Ratnam
Kamalini
Pearl
Devi
Anula
Ira Wakkumbara
Sybil W
Vimala Kannagasingham
Indran Kandiah
Yes it certainly does bring long lost memories.
Kind regards
Kamalini
