Formal honouring by BSGE tomorrow
The South Asian Minimal Access Gynaecology & Endometriosis (SAMAGE) Centre within the Professorial Unit at the Kalubowila Hospital will be given formal provisional accreditation by the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) tomorrow (January 15) at 3 p.m.
The small but distinguished gathering will include Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne; Health Services Director-General Dr. Anil Jasinghe; University Grants Commission Chairman Prof. Mohan Silva; Sri Jayewardenepura University Vice Chancellor Sampath Amaratunge, its Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences Prof. Surangi Yasawardene and its Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Prof. Jayantha Jayawardena; Kalubowila Hospital Director Dr. Asela Gunawardena; and SLCOG President Prof. Prasantha Wijesinghe.
The BSGE’s international facilitators, Dr. Kirana Arambage and Dr. Dilip Visvanathan, will also participate in the event.
Dr. Dhammike Silva is quick to appreciate the invaluable support that Kalubowila Hospital Director Dr. Gunawardena has extended to them with regard to minimal-access procedures.
The aims of obtaining BSGE accreditation are:
To take the medical image of Sri Lanka to a different level with such international collaborations.
To become a training centre not only for local but also regional medical and nursing teams.
To become a centre of excellence for research dissemination and contribute to the International Guidelines for Endometriosis as there are a lot of unexplored areas. As the disease burden of endometriosis is huge and having just one centre in Sri Lanka is inadequate to train medical and nursing teams across the country.
In the long-term, to establish a centre of excellence per district in the country with the ‘mother’ centre at the Kalubowila Hospital.
To give all obstetrics and gynaecology post-graduate trainees sound knowledge in minimal-access treatment for endometriosis and other gynaecological issues.