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Father requests probe into son's death

by Pitigala Group Correspondent

Somasiri Gamage of Wathurawala Kanda, Ganegoda, Elpitiya, a teacher attached to the Wallambagala Kanishta Vidyalaya has requested health authorities to probe the death of his 8 year old son following surgery at the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital and ascertain whether the son lost his life due to any negligence on the part of doctors who attended on him.

Mr. Gamage has said his son Thilina Gayashan Gamage, a student of Ananda Kanishta Vidyalaya, Batuwanhena had an extraordinary growth in his neck. Doctors who examined him recommended surgery to remove it and accordingly he admitted the child to the Karapitiya hospital.

Thereafter surgery was done under general anaesthesia but the child did not regain consciousness after the surgery.

When he inquired about the child's condition, the doctors assured him that the child would recover within two days. Contrary to these assurances the child remained unconscious for 65 days and was thereafter pronounced dead.

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