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WoWasis book review: the life of a surgeon in Sri Lanka, by Dr. Philip Veerasingam

By herbrunbridge Posted in Culture & History, Health & Hygiene, Literature, Medical Tourism, Politics, Sri Lanka , , | 2 Comments »

Dr. Philip G. Veerasingam worked in the Department of Health, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, from 1965 to 2000, and discusses his life as a surgeon in a memoir, The Cry of the Devil Bird: Incidents in the Life of a Surgeon (2010, ISBN 978-955-1723-13-2). It is essentially the story of a country doctor, working in at times […]

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