Epidemic of road traffic crashes in Sri Lanka

Dr. Saraji Wijesekara, Secretary, SLMA Expert Committee on Medical Rehabilitation on ‘Management of a child with Down’s Syndrome’. Dr. Dineshani Hettiarachchi, Convenor of the Expert Committee on Birth Defects gave the closing remarks and summarized the session.

The poster on National Birth Defects Registry was launched on the same day.

4th March

The book ‘A Patient Management Companion: A Brief Compendium of Cases Presenting at First Contact Care Level’ developed by the SLMA DoC Call 247 was launched at the council meeting by handing over the first copies to Professor Samath Dharmaratne, President, SLMA, Professor Ishan de Zoysa, Secretary, SLMA and Dr Kalyani Guruge, Council Member who had answered most number of calls (3542) since the reactivation of SLMA DoC Call 247 in August 2021 by the Co-Editors of the book Dr BJC Perera and Professor Indika Karunathilake, both Past Presidents of SLMA. 5th March

The SLMA Saturday Talk on ‘Common Geriatric Presentations’ was done by Dr Dilusha Lamabadusuriya, Consultant Physician, University Hospital, KDU.

9th March

Professor Samath Dharmaratne, President SLMA and representatives of the SLMA Expert Committee on Prevention of Road Traffic Crashes met Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma, Minister of Mass Media to discuss about initiating an awareness campaign to reduce road traffic crashes in Sri Lanka.

12th March

The SLMA Saturday Talk on ‘Systemic Lupus Erythematosus’ was done by Dr Gunendrika Kasthurirathne, Consultant in Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, NHSL, Colombo.