Brief description of activities
Brief description of activities (16th April - 15th May) 21st April A media release was issued by the SLMA expressing its grave concern about the current economic and political crises facing the country and its grave ill effects on the preventive/ curative health sector in the country and the citizens.
(BASL) and the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce to discuss on the current political situation in the country and to forward recommendations for an early solution to the problem to be forwarded by the Professional Organizations in Sri Lanka.
30th April
23rd April
A media seminar was organized by the SLMA to educate the public on the issues faced in the healthcare sector due to the ongoing economic crises in Sri Lanka. The resource persons at the seminar were; Professor Samath Dharmaratne, President, SLMA, Dr Surantha Perera, Vice President, SLMA and Professor Ishan de Zoysa, Secretary, SLMA.
26th April The monthly clinical meeting was conducted with the collaboration of the Sri Lanka College of Pulmonologists ‘Role of EBUS Guided Endoscopy in Interventional Pulmonology’. The resource persons for the seminar were; Dr Thanuja Tissera, Consultant Chest Physician (Acting), Dr EGHE de Silva, Senior Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, and Dr GLHS Liyanage, Senior Registrar in Respiratory Medicine. All resource persons were from National HRD, Welisara.
29th April Dr Surantha Perera, Vice president, SLMA and Professor Ishan de Zoysa, Secretary, SLMA attended a meeting convened by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka
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The SLMA Saturday Talk on ‘Approach to Chest Pain and Myocardial Infarction’ was done by Dr Shanike Karunaratne, General & Interventional Cardiologist, District General Hospital, Pollonnaruwa.
7th May (Morning) A media release was issued by the SLMA expressing its concern about the current situation in the country, methods used to disperse unarmed peaceful protesters and to bring stability to the country soon to bring stability to the country.
