Mr Kumaranayakan was a graduate of the first batch (1962) Faculty of Medicine Peradeniya and was a retired Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex UK sadly passed away peacefully at home in Hertfordshire. His cremation took place on 24 March 2020 at Parndon Crematorium, Harlow, Essex.

He had been an ardent supporter of PeMSAA-UK. We would like to offer our heartfelt Condolences to his wife Wiji, sons and their families

But all the pleasure that I find; Is to maintain a quiet mind.
My wealth is health and perfect ease; My conscience clear my choice defence;
I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by deceit to breed offence.
Thus do I live, thus will I die; Would all did so as well as I!
By Sir Edward Dyer (1543-1607)

Dr Sivananthan graduated from the Peradeniya Medical Faculty in 1968 and worked as a Consultant Radiologist in Colchester, Essex, until his retirement. He passed away after a brief illness on 26 March 2020.

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our sincere condolences to his wife Chandra, his daughter Anjana, son in law Hasita and his grandchildren Darshan and Haran.

An Internal Medicine Physician at Kaiser Permanente Pleasanton, California USA, sadly passed away on 16th April 2020 after ill health in California.

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our deepest heartfelt condolences to her loving family and friends

He was one of the leaders in the history of Sri Lankan Urology in the formation of Sri Lanka Association of Urological Surgeons (SLAUS) in December 1999. Under his editorship, Sri Lanka Journal of Urology (SLJU) has opened a golden path to urological research and publication of Sri Lanka. His final rites were conducted on 14th March at Borella Cemetery.

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our profound heartfelt condolences to his loving family and friends

"Bala" peacefully passed away on the 20th April 2020 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. He was an utterly devoted husband, father, grandfather & brother. Due to the current situation, a small private ceremony will be held on 5th May with a larger memorial and celebration when able.

Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Instead of flowers, please send donations via justgiving to "Ambaal Temple" a place close to his heart: https://ambaal.org/archanai-and-pooja/

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our deepest sympathies to Bala's loving wife, family and friends

She was a retired Oral and Maxillary Surgeon - Associate Specialist at Northwick Park hospital and at Basildon Group of Hospitals.

Sadly passed away peacefully after a short illness on 29th March 2020.

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to her loving husband Dr Mandalanayagam Chellappah, her family and friends

Tilak De Silva MS, FRCOG passed away peacefully in the UK on the 15th of June 2020. He worked as a VOG in Kandy and Peradeniya Teaching Hospitals, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in the UK, and finally as a Consultant in Accident & Emergency Medicine until his retirement.

He was a founding member of PeMSAA (Peradeniya) in 1992 and served as the Secretary of the inaugural PeMSAA Committee from 1992-1994.

He was a loving and devoted husband to Chandra and father to Punyanganie and Manya.

May he attain Nibbana

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr H S R Wijemanne on 12th October 2020. The
funeral services were held on 14th October 2020 in Kandy.

He was a Consultant Physician - General Medicine at General Hospital, Kandy, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.

PeMSAA-UK would like to offer our profound heartfelt condolences to his loving family and friends.

May he attain Nibbana

PeMSAA-UK is saddened to announce the passing away of the above who succumbed to Covid 19 on the 26th Jan 2021 at a hospital in London. He leaves behind his wife Sarojini retired Consultant Anaesthetist who herself was an alumnus of the faculty.

May he attain Moksha

Dr T Sivabalan graduated in 1971, and after working in many hospitals in Sri Lanka , he moved to London in 1983, where he specialised in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He went back to Sri Lanka and after working there for a while, he moved to New Zealand and then to Australia. In Australia he undertook postgraduate training in General Practice.

He was working in general Practice in Melbourne, Auatralia, when he passed away after a period of illness on 05 November 2021.

May his soul rest in peace

Dr Sivaloganathan was a graduate of the first batch of Faculty of Medicine Peradeniya and was a retired psychiatrist of Sussex Partnership Trust, Sussex, UK. He sadly passed away peacefully at home on 7th Jan 2022 with his family around him.

He was an ardent supporter of PeMSAA-U.K. having served as Treasurer in the initial years.

Sincere condolences to his wife, Dr Saraswathy Sivaloganathan, an alumnus, and her family

Dr Kahandaliyanage joined the medical administrative service of the Ministry of Health, and steadily rose in the ranks to the highest post of Secretary Health. Thereafter he took up a post in the WHO in India, where his abilities were soon recognized, with several other assignments being offered to him. On his return back home, he was in great demand again in the private and public sector.

"He was courteous and charming, compassionate to the downtrodden, courageous during adversity, competent in administration, conciliatory during a crisis, careful in conversation - a charismatic persona".
May he attain the supreme bliss of Nibbana.

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our colleague, past president of the KSM, retired ENT surgeon Teaching Hospital Kandy, Dr. Bandusiri Edussuriya on the 29th of May 2023. Affectionately called Dr. Bandu he lived a life of service and compassion. He hailed from Kalutara and entered the Colombo Medical Faculty from Ananda College, Colombo. He passed out from the Colombo Medical College with the rare distinction of receiving the Garvin Gold Medal for Operative Surgery in 1959. He reported to Teaching Hospital Kandy after his foreign training in ENT in UK in 1972 and served till his retirement in 1989. This eminent healer is survived by stories of his legendary surgical skills and love for teaching. He pioneered cadaveric dura mater transplants to heal perforated ear drums in the early 1980’s. He was a mentor to many in the medical field. He campaigned actively for establishing a MS examination program in ENT in Sri Lanka which he was able to establish with the PGIM Sri Lanka in his tenure as President of the College of Otolaryngologists.

He worked tirelessly to establish the Hearing care center at the TH Kandy with the help of the rotary club of Kandy in which he became an active member. An avid history buff who authored several concise versions of major history chronicles such as the Mahawamsa and Culawamsa, he is best remembered for his sense humor, golden voice and love for tennis. In the 1970’s and 1980’s there was hardly a day he spent not teaching tennis or enjoying a game of tennis. A strict disciplinarian by nature he was keen to see everything done with precision. Many were the days he would invite colleagues for a sing song and the home still echoes with his constant whistling. He will be missed sorely by his son Kapila, daughter Nimalka, daughter in law Deepthi, Son in law Sivakumar and grandchildren Taveesh, Yohan and Aari