24 year old Samitha Samanmali, 4th year medical undergraduate of Faculty of Medicine Colombo, Sri Lanka faced a terrible accident on the 15th of February 2008 at the BMICH premises and in a eyes blink her life changed forever…….
Due to the accident she is now suffering from a Spinal Cord crush injury at T5/T6 level, Compound skull fracture in the occiput and internal bleeding. The consultant neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons of National Hospital Sri Lanka predict that this kind of damage to the spinal cord has a high chance for drastic long term complications like complete lower limb paralysis and loss of sensation, anal and urinary incontinence and other various complications such as respiratory tract infections.
Samitha Samanmali is a past student of Gothami Balika Vidyalaya and she currently lives in Piliyandala. Her father has passed away in March, 1995. Her mother has also undergone a hysterectomy for uterine cancer and her sister is an A/L commerce teacher at Kotte Ananda Shasthralaya. She is married and a mother of two children aged 5 years and 3 months. Her husband works as a binder at a printing station.
It is evident that Samitha has minimal support from her family and at this time we think it is our responsibility and duty to help her in every possible way.
She underwent surgery for fixation of the spine on 19.02.2008 and she will face the dilemma of undergoing a neurological surgery or a thorough rehabilitation program overseas. We are still in search of the best surgeons around the world who have successfully cured this kind of cases in the past and also for the finest rehabilitation centers around the globe.
For all of the above we will be in need of a huge financial support to give Samitha a quality assured life in the future.
Had fate not been thus cruel to her, she would have had a normal life that we all take so much for granted while curing and serving so many people in need.
We would be much obliged to you if you could kindly donate some money to save this bright young girl's future, this budding doctor's life ahead and join hands with us to help her fight the cruelty of fate with the goodness of humanity.
Please forwards your donations to - Student Rehabilitation Fund: 7620252
Bank of Ceylon, Reagents' Branch, Colombo
For more details
Please call Aravinda Kamaladasa - 0773017183
