ACTIVITIES IN BRIEF

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.

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. 30th April

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.

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 (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.

7th May (Evening)

The SLMA Saturday Talk on ‘From Colonic Polyps to Colonic Cancer’ was done by Dr Isurujith Liyanage, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

8th May

A media seminar was organized by the SLMA to educate the public on the current political/ economic crises and its effects on the Health Sector and the ill effects of use of force and tear gas. The resource persons at the seminar were; Dr. Surantha Perera, Vice President, SLMA and Professor Ishan de Zoysa, Secretary, SLMA.

9th May

A media release was issued by the SLMA condemning the attack on unarmed civilians in front of the Prime Minister’s residence and the Presidential Secretariat.

14th May

The SLMA Saturday Talk on ‘Hypertension - Diagnosis to Management’ was done by Dr Chamara Ratnayake, Consultant General & Interventional Cardiologist, Asiri Group of Hospitals, Colombo.