SLMANEWS
Sri Lanka Medical Association
Central Regional Conference 18 & 19 May 2012
Hotel Tourmaline, Kandy in Collaboration with the
Kandy Society of Medicine CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Friday, 18 May 2012 08.00 am
Registration
INAUGURATION 08.40 am
Guests Take their Seats
08.50 am
Ceremonial Procession
09.00 am
Traditional Lighting of the Oil Lamp & National Anthem
09.05 am
Address by the President, Sri Lanka Medical Association Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake
09.20 am
Address by the President, Kandy Society of Medicine Dr. I. N. Lekamge
09.35 am
Keynote Address by the Chief Guest Prof. Nimal Senanayake Senior Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya President SLMA 1999
10.05 am
Vote of thanks by the Secretary, Kandy Society of Medicine Dr. Charles Antonypillai
10.15 am
TEA
SYMPOSIUM ON HEALTH CHALLENGES IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCE – THE WAY FORWARD Chairpersons: Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake (President, Sri Lanka Medical Association) Dr. Shanthi Samarasinghe, Provincial Director of Health Services, Central Province 10.30 am
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Challenges in the Kandy District Dr I. N. Lekamge Consultant Interventional Radiologist President, Kandy Society of Medicine