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Dear
members,
I am privileged and deeply honoured to
be elected as the President of the
Collage of Pathologists of Sri Lanka,
for the year 2021.
As you all
know, last year the entire world was
overwhelmed by the novel corona virus
pandemic with a nationwide lockdown
which left all of us numb and helpless.
However,
under the able leadership of Dr. Shanika
Fernandopulle, the outgoing president
for the year 2020, we were able to plan
activities at a time when everything had
come to a standstill. Together with the
president, coordinators and the members
of the council, we were able to plan and
successfully conclude the International
Conference on Lymphoid pathology,
Dermatopathology and Cytopathology in
October last year via an online
platform, something which was novel and
unfamiliar to all of us.
I am very
grateful to the members of the new
council for having faith in me and
volunteering to be part of the council
for the year 2021. I assure you that I
will do my best to make this year
pleasant and memorable to all of you.
As the
newly appointed council is composed of
members who are very keen to contribute
with their services, I am looking
forward to working with all of them and
hope that we would be able to achieve
many things together.
My
involvement in the college activities as
a member, and thereafter as an editor
has helped me to understand the dynamics
and the traditions of the college and I
am sure that this experience will be
invaluable to me during this year. I
appeal to all the members who have
joined the council for the first time
today, to give this college your very
best to make our college better, and
stronger than ever before. I am also
fully aware of the challenges ahead and
determined to serve the college to the
best of my ability.
There is a
saying that 'every dark cloud has a
silver lining', and one such silver
lining of this a pandemic has come in
the form of a virtual teaching and
learning platform and I hope to make
full use of this to conduct some of the
academic activities during this year.
I hope to
explore and develop some areas that have
been given little thought by most of us
and hope you will support me in doing
this.
As a
pathologist attached to a university
department, I am looking forward to
working with my colleagues from the
Ministry of Health and hope that we will
be able to learn from each other to
enhance our knowledge and skills and
achieve greater heights together.
I wish to thank the
outgoing President, Dr. Shanika
Fernandopulle and the members of the
council 2020 for their commitment and
hard work during last year and wish them
all a very bright year ahead.
Dulani Beneragama,
President, College of Pathologists, 2021
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