Sports & Disability- Local & International & Aspects by
Dr.H.J. Suraweera ( MBBS, MS,FRCS )
Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya.
Head of The Division of Sports Medicine, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya.
President of Sri Lankan Sports Medicine Association ( SLSMA)
&
Dr. Asela Rathnayake
Secretary General of Sri Lanka Sports Medicine Association.
Member of National Olympic Committee, Sri Lanka – Medical Committee.
Travelling fellowship of Asia Federation of Sports Medicine.
Rights of Differently abled persons( Dedicated for 10th Dec. – International Day for Human Rights ) by
Mrs. Manique Gunerathne
Secretary of Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicap.
President of the Colombo District Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually handicapped.
The South Asian Representative for the Asian Blind Union Womens’ Forum.
Junior Executive for the Employers Federation of Ceylon.
Importance of Volunteering in differently abled person (Dedicated for 5th Dec. International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development) by
Mr.Neshan Gunesekara
Project Director of Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education & Research.
Director of South Asia office of The International Association of Lawyers’ Against Nuclear Arms.
Director of the Training for Trusteeship Workshop.
AIDS & Disability ( Dedicated for 1st Dec. International AIDS day) by
Prof. V. Thevanesam ( MBBS(cey), MD, MRCP, MCR Path)
Consultant Microbiologist, Teaching Hospital, Peradeniya.
Member of The Board of Study in Microbiology,PGIM, Colombo.
Dr. Samitha Samanmali
Became the victim of a tragic accident that occurred while preparing for the Dayata Kirula Exhibition at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in 2008 when she was an undergraduate in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. Samitha’s lower body was paralyzed for life.
Now, three years later she has completed her MBBS at the University of Colombo.
