It's been well over a year of battling Covid-19 and as we combat the 4th wave of disease in Sri Lanka, our healthcare systems are officially overwhelmed. In an effort to ensure that all Covid-19 patients in Sri Lanka get access to healthcare despite the large number of positive patients, there is now a home … Continue reading Covid-19 Home Care in Sri Lanka – What you need to know
Dr Madushika Rajapakse is a medical graduate of Manipal College of Medical Sciences in Nepal and did her internship at Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal. She recently migrated to the United Kingdom after completing part 1 & 2 of the PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board test) and wrote this article to educate other doctors like … Continue reading Navigating the PLAB exams – by Dr. Madushika Rajapakse
For years (and years), I've been suffering from severe tooth/jaw pain which seems to come on when I get stressed out and unfortunately almost always coinciding with my exams! So throughout medical school and thereafter, it was expected that every time I was even mildly stressed, I would have an annoying and irritating gnawing pain … Continue reading The Wisdom tooth – keep or remove?
Every year in Sri Lanka at least two new batches of trembling medical students nervously enter the next phase of their medical training - internship! Like clockwork, a month or two before each batch gets their appointment letters, I receive messages asking for advice and tips on surviving the dreaded internship. Its' not that internship … Continue reading Passing on the baton 2020
Over the past few months, the Covid-19 lock down shook up our lives and disrupted our routines. The lack of access to basic necessities like groceries and medications sent Sri Lankans everywhere into panic mode. As online platforms and delivery partners quickly geared up to deliver food items, it seemed as though menstrual and reproductive … Continue reading Reproductive health during lockdown
In the midst of this Covid pandemic, much has been said about the use of face masks in addition to social distancing and handwashing. The Sri Lankan government has made it mandatory for the general public to wear face masks when in public, especially on public transport and in the work environment. Despite all this, … Continue reading Know your masks!
The last couple of months has been information overload when it comes to COVID-19. The disease has caused rampage globally due to its' highly contagious nature, affecting so many and killing thousands. With this mass information however, unfortunately also comes a whole load of misinformation. Fake videos, false news alerts, forwarded WhatsApp messages and a … Continue reading COVID-19 FAQs (29.03.2020)
Recent media coverage has been about nothing but the dreadful novel coronavirus that has caused a world-wide frenzy. Despite the global scale emergency panic, the WHO has recognised that since Sri Lanka has a well structured healthcare system, we are equipped well enough to deal with this new "tiny but mighty" beast. In the first … Continue reading COVID 19 – the background
Mental Health amongst health care workers is not a topic that is often spoken about. It is only when something devastating happens that is it spoken about, and then in typical Sri Lankan fashion, it is forgotten the very next day. In America, approximately 300 physicians are lost every year to suicide - basically a … Continue reading Medics & Mental Health
We've all had chest radiographs taken and we prescribe chest x-rays all the time, but do you know the basics of what you should be looking for? Chest radiographs are highly useful investigation tools which contain a vast amount of detail. Over the years, I've found it useful to use a systematic way to read … Continue reading Easy Peasy Chest X rays
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