ආන්ඩුවේ කෑම්පස් වලින් ආපු මීනීමරු දොස්තරලා.
දෑන් තියෙන ලොකුම ආගියුමන්ට් එක SAITM ඩොක්ටර්ස් ලා ගෙන බෙහෙත් ගන්න එපා මෑරෙන්න පුලුවන්, ආන්ඩුවේ කෑම්පස් ගිය පට්ට පර්ෆෙකෙට් ඩොකාලා තමයි හොදම, පුලුවන් තරම් ව පෝසත් කරපල්ලා, උන්ට දෙවියන්ට වගේ සලකපල්ල කියන එක.
පොතක් පත්තරයක් නොකියවන උදේ ඉදන් රෑ වෙනකන් මෙගා, ඉන්දියන් සහ ස්ටාර්ස් බලන සින්හලුන්ට මේවා ලියන එකත් කාලය කා දෑමීමක්. ඒත් ඔලුවක් තියෙන එකෙක්ට කියවලා දෙයක ඈත්ත පින්තූරේ තේරුම් ගන්න ඕන නම් පොඩ්ඩක් Medical Negligence ගෑන තියෙන papers හොයලා කියවපන්, Law සයිට් වල ඕන තරම් තියෙනවා.
මේක මගේ යාලුවෙක් කරපු එකක් ලන්කාවේ ආන්ඩුවේ ඉස්පිරිතාල වල දොස්තරලා මරපු ලෙඩ්ඩු ගෑන. මෙතන් තියෙන්නේ 2015 වෙනකන් වෙච්ච දේවල් විතරයි. සයිටම් එකෙන් එලියට එන්නේ මිනීමරුවෝ ආන්ඩුවේ කෑමපස් වලින් එලියට එන්නේ පට්ට පර්ෆෙක්ට් හාස්කම් කරන්න උනත් පුලුවන් ගෝඩ් ලා කියලා හිතන් ඉන්න උන් මේක පොඩ්ඩක් කියවලා බලපන්,
අපේ ඩොකාලාගේ වීරක්රියා ටිකක් මෙතන දාන්නම්,
Arseculeratne v. Priyani Soysa
a landmark and controversial case of alleged medical malpractice in Sri Lanka. The plaintiff's case was that the defendant was negligent in not diagnosing Brain Stem Glioma and in the misdiagnosis of Rheumatic Chorea. Had a timely diagnosis been made, it was argued by the plaintiff, survival or prolongation of life would have been possible. Since Brain Stem Glioma was a terminal condition with no prospect of effective treatment, it was also argued for the defendant that even if her negligence was established, causation had not been proved and as such the plaintiff's action should fail. It was on this ground that the Supreme Court allowed her appeal. Prof. Soysa's appeal to the Court of Appeal was dismissed, however the quantum of damages was reduced as under the Common Law of Sri Lanka which is Roman Dutch law, and damages could only be awarded for patrimonial loss. The Supreme Court allowed Prof. Soysa's appeal setting aside judgments of both lower courts. In a landmark judgment heavily critical of the decisions of the lower courts, the Supreme Court held that causation was not established on a balance of probabilities by the plaintiff. The defendant was also allowed costs of action, which she declined to accept. The case lasted almost a decade traversing the full extent of litigation in the country - from the District Court of Colombo to the Court of Appeal to finally the Supreme Court. The District Court upheld the Plaintiff's case and awarded him Rs. 5,000,000 (around US$ 125,000 at the time) and costs. Medical negligence can occur in an infinite number of ways, but many instances of medical negligence can be grouped into one of the following categories: 1) Misdiagnosis One of the most difficult aspects of a doctor’s job is taking a set of symptoms and diagnosing the illness or injury causing them. Often times, several different
Jude Stanly (15)
in Negombo died in 2011 at the Lady Ridgeway Children's hospital after being prescribed filaria tablets without identifying the real illness Failure to Timely Diagnose.
Chandrika Wickramasinghe (30)
in 2012 died at a private hospital in Matara just two days after the delivery of her baby. Cause of death: The administration of a wrong injection. A 45-year-old mother reportedly died after receiving a transfusion of the wrong blood type at the Negombo Base hospital.
Sithy Nazeera
A 48-year-old mother, alleged that her healthy leg was accidentally amputated at the Negombo Base Hospital.
Upali Gunatilake
(47 years old husband) and a Sanduni Rashmika Gunatilake( 15-year-old daughter )of a Dayani Hemamala (38-year-old wife) who died due to alleged medical negligence at the Durdans Hospital in Colombo filed a lawsuit against the hospital and the gynaecologist and obstetrician who performed a surgery into an ovarian cyst of the deceased woman, claiming Rs.14.6 million as loss and damages.
Rajiva Jayasinghe
Professor in the Peradeniya University died in 2013 an operation named SLEEVE GRESTECTOMY under a Laparoscopy method at the Kaalubowila Teaching Hospital.
Achala Priyadarshani
had been admitted to the Matara Hospital with fracture injuries in her left hand after falling down a flight of stairs at her home in Urubokka. The plaintiff stated she received treatment at the Matara Hospital and was subsequently transferred to the Colombo National Hospital for further treatment. The plaintiff stated that upon being admitted to the Colombo National Hospital, the doctors had diagnosed to amputate her left hand. The plaintiff further stated that her left hand was amputated due to negligence on the part of the staff attached to the Matara General Hospital and the Colombo National Hospital. She further stated that the doctors diagnosing to amputate her hand could have averted it, if the defendants and the hospital staff had acted in a responsible, effective and vigilant manner and claimed a sum of Rs.100 million as damages from the defendants and the state.
Nimeshka Kavindi Abeysekara
whose finger was amputated immediately after her birth at the De Soyza Hospital in 2005 sued the nurse and the Attorney General stating that it was the negligence of a Government servant and claimed Rs 10 million as compensation.
Dedunu Kanchana de Silva (23)
died in 2008 at the Ragama hospital, due to lack of proper medical care.
Baby died after delivery at the Nagoda hospital.
Mother - Rukmani Dias (28) was in severe labour pains but the doctor did not transfer her immediately to the Castle Street maternity hospital.
Sarath Paladeniya (39)
in 2001 a Sergeant of the Special Task Force, admitted to the NHC for high blood pressure, died due to negligence in giving him timely treatment.
Ashoka Dayananda’s daughter
aged one year and two months baby Sewmini whose finger and left hand was amputated due to human error and not willful negligence at the Kandy General Hospital in 2006.
Five pregnant women died at the Nagoda hospital after caesarean operation in 2011
V. V. Chandra Malkanthi (37)
died after delivering her baby at the Homagama hospital in 2007.
Sumudhu Jayanath (14)
from Hanwelle admitted for appendicitis died in 2003 at the Avissawella base hospital for bowl infection caused by wrong medication.
