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පුතණුවන් තමා ලද නිල් මැණිකක් - අම්මා
සංවේදී පුද්ගලයන් මෙය නැරඹීමෙන් වලකින්න.
පුතණුවන් තමා ලද නිල් මැණිකක් - අම්මා
සංවේදී පුද්ගලයන් මෙය නැරඹීමෙන් වලකින්න.
එක් සත්‍ය කතාවක්. ITN නාලිකාව වෙනස වැඩසටහන ඔස්සේ පෙන්නු දර්ශනයට අදාල රුපරාමු පෙළක් සහ මේ මවගේ පුතා තම මවට මරණයෙන් බේරීමට උත්සාහ ගන්නා දුර්ලබ ඝනයේ සිදුවීමකි.
නෑදෑයන් තම මවට කන්න නොදී මියයාමට ඉඩ දෙන්න කියා තිබියදී කුරුණෑගල වෛද්‍යවරුන් මෙම ලෙඩා රෝහල වලට බාර නොදී තම උත්සාහයෙන් තම මවට යලිත් මරණයෙන් ගොඩ ගැනීමට උත්සහ කල මතු බුදුවන්න පෙරුම් පුතකු සහ ස්වාමින්වහන්සේ නමක් පිලිබඳ කතාවකි.
ඇත්තෙන්ම මෙය අදහා ගත නොහැකි එහෙත් සත්‍ය රෝගයකි. මෙය නැරඹීමට නොහැකි දසුනක් බැවින් කිසිම සංවේදී පුද්ගලයෙක් මෙය නැරඹීමෙන් වලකින්න.
මරණය පෙනි පෙනී සිට තව දුරටත් ජීවත්වීමේ වාසනාව හිමිකරගත් කෙනෙකු වෙතොත් ඒ ආශ්චර්යයකි. එබඳු ආශ්චර්යයකින් ජීවත්වීමේ වාසනාව හිමිකරගත් 60 හැවිරිදි එක්දරු මවක් ගලේවෙල ගලපාමුල ගම්මානයේ සිටී.
ඇය නමින් ඇම්.ඞී. කරුණාවතීය. ඇගේ එකම දරුවා සුසන්ත අමරසිංහ නම් වූ 26 හැවිරිදි තරුණයාය. සුසන්ත කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සෞන්දර්ය අංශයේ උපාධිධරයෙකි. අදටත් සිය මවගේ සියලූ උවටැන් කටයුතු කරන්නේ මේ දරුවාය.
කරුණාවතී මෑණියන්ගේ මුහුණේ එක් ඇසක් එක් කනක් හා නාසයෙන් අර්ධයක් ඇයට අහිමිය. ශල්‍යකර්ම ගණනාවකින් පසුව ඇය තව දුරටත් ජීවත්වීමේ වරම් හිමිකරගෙන සිටී. ඇයට තවත් ශල්‍ය කර්මයක් සිදුකළ යුතුව ඇතැයි විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරුන් පවසා ඇත.
කරුණාවතී මාතාවට වැළඳී ඇත්තේ ලොව ඉතාමත් දුර්ලභ ගනයේ රෝගයකි. මේ වන විටත් හමුවී ඇත්තේ මෙබඳු රෝගීන් 6 දෙනෙකු බවද වෛද්‍ය විශේෂඥයෝ පවසති. ඇයගේ මුහුණේ එක් අර්ධයක මස් සියල්ල දියවී යාම මෙම රෝග තත්ත්වයයි.
තම මවගේ රෝගය හා මුහුණ දුන් ඒ දුක්මුසු පුවත සුසන්ත අමරසිංහගෙන් විමසුවෙමු.
මගේ තාත්තාගේ රැකියාව කුලී වැඩ. අම්මාත් කුලී වැඩ කරලා මට කන්න බොන්න දුන්නා. ඉගැන්නුවා. උපාධියක් ගන්නවා කියන දැඩි අධිෂ්ඨානයක් තිබුණා. ගලේවෙල මධ්‍ය මහා විද්‍යාලයෙන් උසස් පෙළ සමත් වුණේ ඒ-2 බී-1 යි 2006 දී කොළඹ විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ සෞන්දර්ය අංශයට ඇතුළු වුණා. 2008 අවුරුද්දේ දී තාත්තා මිය ගියා.
2010 සැප්තැම්බර් 8 වැනිදා මගේ අවසාන විභාගය. අම්මා අසනීප වෙලා රෝහල් ගත කළා. විභාගය ඉවරවුණු ගමන් මම කුරුණෑගල රෝහලට ගියා. අම්මා දැඩි වේදනාවකින් කෑ ගැසුවා. වේදනා නාශක දුන්නත් වැඩක් නැහැ. දවස් දෙකක් ගතවෙද්දී අම්මාගේ මුහුණේ එක පැත්තක් ඉදිමුණා. නිල් පැහැ ගැන්වුණා. අම්මා කොළඹ මහ රෝහලට යැව්වා. අම්මාගේ මුහුණේ එක් පැත්තක මස් දිය වුණා. කටේ තියෙන දත් පෙනුණා.
කොළඹ රෝහලේදී ශල්‍ය කර්ම දෙකක් කළා. අන්තිමේදී ටිකට් කපලා ගෙදර එව්වා. වෛද්‍යවරු නොකියා කිව්වා අම්මා ජීවත් වෙන්නේ තව දවස් කීපයක් කියලා. අම්මා ගෙදර ගෙනාපු මම අම්මට උපස්ථාන කළා. අන්තිමේදී අම්මාගේ තුවාලෙට ඉහඳයෝ (පණුවෝ) ආවා. දඹුල්ල රෝහලට ගෙන ගියා. එහිදී නැවත ශල්‍යාගාරයට ගෙනිහිල්ලා අම්මාගේ තුවාලයට බෙහෙත් දැම්මා. අපි ඉන්න අසරණ තත්ත්වය දැකලා දින කීපයකට බෙහෙත් දුන්නා.
මේ අතර දවසක් මගේ යහළුවෙක් අපේ ගෙදර ආවා. මමත් අම්මාත් විඳින දුක දැක්කා. එයා අපි විඳින දුක එයාගේ යාළුවෙකුට කියලා. ඒ යාළුවා කොහුවල විහාරයේ වලස්මුල්ලේ ජිනරතන හාමුදුරුවන්ට කියලා තියෙනවා. ජිනරතන හාමුදුරුවෝ දවසක් හදිසියේම අපේ ගෙදර ආවා. තොරතුරු ඇහුවා. දවස් කීපයකට පස්සේ මේසන් බාස්වරුන් කට්ටියක් එක්ක ඇවිත් ගේ හදලා දුන්නා.
ගිලන් රථයක් ගෙනැල්ලා අම්මා කෙළඹ ජාතික රෝහලට අරගෙන ගියා. ප්ලාස්ටික් සැත්කම් ඒකකයට ඇතුළත් කළා. වෛද්‍ය දිලීප් පෙරේරා මහතා ඇතුළු රෝහල් කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය අපිට උපරිම සහාය දුන්නා. මරණය පෙනි පෙනී හිටපු අම්මා නැවත ජීවත් කළා. මගේ අම්මාගේ ජීවිතය බේරා දෙන්න ජිනරතන හාමුදුරුවෝ අති විශාල මුදලක් වැය කළා. අපි උන්වහන්සේට සදා ණය ගැතියි.
මගේ අම්මාට පැය 14 ක ශල්‍ය කර්මයක් කළා. අම්මාගේ බඬේ හමෙන් කෑල්ලක් අරගෙන මුහුණට බද්ධ කළා. තවත් මාස 6 කින් තවත් ශල්‍යකර්මයක් කරන්න තියෙනවා.
තමාට නැවත ජීවත්වීමේ වරම ලබාදීම පිළිබඳව කරුණාවතී මාතාව ජිනරතන හිමියන්ට පින්දෙයි.
දුර්ලභ ගණයේ පරිත්‍යාගයක් කරමින් තමාට උවටැන් කළ තම පුතණුවන් තමා ලද නිල් මැණිකක් යැයි අම්මා අප සමග පැවසුවාය.
Before the disease
After the disease
Before removing the dressing
Getting ready to bathe
Front view of the face
Side view of the face
Infected face
Infected face
Infected face
Mrs. Karunawathi lying on the bed
Mrs. Karunawathi lying on the bed
Mrs. Karunawathi with her only child, Suranga (Susantha)
Suranga with his mother
The house they live
Half constructed house
Where Surange bathes his sick mother
Kitchen where Suranga prepares meals for his mother
Suranga at his graduation
The Present condition of Mrs. Karunawathi
June 29, 2012
After
5 surgeries, performed by eminent medical personnel Dr.Duleep Perera
and his team, Mrs. Karunawathie is now at her home attending to her day
to day activities. She had been bedridden for more than one year, and now she manages on her own.She gratefully thanks all those who extended their unstinted help and for their generosity.
She awaits medical advice.
The Present condition of Mrs. Karunawathi as at 01st March 2012
March 01, 2012
After
three very successful surgical operations to her face where most of the
wounded side of her face was reconstructed, Mrs. Karunawathi was
discharged from hospital.She
is now at her home in Galewela, and is being cared for by her son
Suranga. She can get about her daily routine now with a little help and
is awaiting the rest of the medical treatment eagerly.
She is to be readmitted to hospital on the 17th march after which more surgery will be done.As
the entire medical treatment is not yet over, no photographs of Mrs.
Karunawathi can be posted on the website. Once everything is
satisfactorily concluded, photos will be made available.
Details of the surgery performed on Mrs. Karunawathi
December 07, 2011
Mrs. Karunawathi was taken for surgery to reconstruct her wasted face at 8 am yesterday, 6th December 2011.A
large team of committed and eminent doctors, led by the Consultant
Surgeon Dr. Dilip Perera worked for more than 12 hours straight on this
surgery. The nursing and the attending staff were incomparable in their
attention to detail and care.The Doctors say that the first 24 hours the patient would be under strict observation.It
was heart warming to note the concern shown by well wishers who
regularly during the operation kept calling for information of the
progress.Mrs.
Karunawathi's son Suranga and several members of the Kalyana Mithra
team including Rev. Walasmulle Jinarathana Thero who was the individual
behind this entire project was at the National Hospital in Colombo
yesterday, in anticipation of Mrs. Karunawathi's speedy recovery.
The Present condition of Mrs. Karunawathi as at 5th December 2011
December 05, 2011
Mrs. Karunawathi will be taken for the surgery tomorrow (06th December 2011).The doctors are very confident of her condition.All the other surgeries scheduled for tomorrow, have been postponed due to Mrs. Karunawathi ' s surgery being given priority.
The Present condition of Mrs. Karunawathi
November 30, 2011
As
at 30th November 2011 Mrs.Karunawathi spends her 50th day at the
General Hospital Colombo, undergoing specialized treatment, under a team
of committed Physicians.Her
health condition has very much improved and gained eight kilos of
weight. Her diet is being looked after by a specialist, and also she is
being treated for Diabetes.There is a Care Giver who stays by the side of her bed for 24 hours, to attend to her needs.She
is happy and her spirits are very high and one could observe her smiles
under the bandages. Her smiles under the bandages, conveys a message of
gratitude to all.The date for operation has not yet been fixed by theses Doctors.
North Western Provincial Minister Visits Mrs. Karunawathi
October 24, 2011
North
Western Provincial Health, Sports and Youth Minister, Hon. Asoka
Wadigamangawa visited Mrs. Karunawathi at the hospital on 24th October,
and spent a long time talking to her.
Popular actresses visit Mrs. Karunawathi
October 15, 2011
Mrs. Udari Warnakulasuriya and Miss Asha Edirisinghe visited the hospital yesterday (15th October 2011) to see Mrs. Karunawathi.
Miss Asha brought a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Karunawthi which made her very happy.
Miss Asha brought a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Karunawthi which made her very happy.
Mrs. Warnakulasuriya and Miss Asha are very famous teledrama actress in Sri Lanka
Anunayaka Thero Visits Mrs. Karunawathi
October 13, 2011
One
of the most highly respected reverend priests in Sri Lanka the Chief
incumbent of Bambalapitiya Vajiraramaya and Anunayake of Amarapura Sri
Dhammarakshitha Nikaya, Rajakeeya Pandita, the Most venerable
Thrikunamale Ananda Thero, visited Mrs. Karunawathi at the hospital on
13th October and chanted pirith invoking blessings on Mrs. Karunawathi
for quick recovery.
Sangeetha Visits Mrs. Karunawathi
October 13, 2011
One
of the leading film actresses of Sri Lanka, Mrs. Sangeetha Weerarathne
who has won many cinematic awards visited Mrs. Karunawathi at the
hospital on 13th October, and spent a long time talking to her uplifting
her morale.
Mrs. Karunawathi at National Hospital
October 11, 2011
Mrs. Karunawathi is having medical treatment at ward no. 4, the National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Medical treatment for Mrs. Karunawathi
October 10, 2011
On Saturday the 8th, we, who are involved in the 'Help Karunawathi' project, met Dr. Dulip Pereraleading
specialist Consultant of the Colombo National Hospital, with Mrs.
Karunawathi's medical records and photographs and videos of her face.The
kind doctor had advised that she be admitted to his ward at the
hospital. He had wanted that she be provided with nutritional foods and
the required medication for three weeks, at the end of which a surgery
would be considered, if she regains her strength.In
pursuance of that advice an Ambulance left early this morning to bring
Mrs.Karunawathi to Colombo to be admitted to hospital for treatment.
Whilst
appreciating the kindness of all those good hearted people, who
extended their kindness through many ways, we would be very much
thankful to you if you also could kindly direct your blessings according
to your great religion towards Mrs. Karunawathi, to get her life back."
Construction completed
October 05, 2011
"The group of 'Kalyana Mithra's who left Colombo on the 28th October commenced work on the 29th.While they were camping in Mrs. Karunawathi's compound while attending to the work.Her
room was tiled, the walls were plastered and painted. A ceiling was
also fixed. A new bathroom was constructed adjacent to her room with
modern fittings and provided with hot and cold water.A new mattress was provided for her.A Blender was purchased with which her food is now being prepared.
A
kind donor got her a wheelchair and now she is mobile. Earlier she
could not sit up for more than half an hour whereas now she can sit up
for about 3 hours at a time. She also goes out into the garden for fresh
air now and to watch the people at work.Pampers, drawsheets, and medical supplies like cotton wool, gauze etc also has been provided.The group returned to Colombo yesterday (4th October) after a week of being with Mrs.Karunawathi.
Constructing a new bathroom and completing the half built room
September 28, 2011
Winning
the battle against such a serious, rare and aggressive disease
automatically brings with it, staggering financial burdens. It is
mandatory that the environment should be extra clean where the patient,
who has such a risky wound on her face is living.As
is evident in the images, it is heart breaking to see the way Mrs.
Karunawathi has to get a bath. Although this is the case, it is the only
way her son, Suranga, can offer her.To
help Suranga to make available to his mother a more suitable
environment to live in, a group of "Kalyana Mithra"s has already made
contributions and commenced to construct a new bathroom and complete her
room which is currently half built.The
cost of labour and material for this project is borne by the "Kalyana
Mithra" group at present. They are now in the process of canvassing
funds in cash or kind for the benefit and upliftment of the living
standard of Mrs. Karunawathi.
Recent Developments
As
an immediate secondary support measure, the group of "Kalyana Mithra"s
has already collected money among themselves and have commenced the
construction of the bathroom and completing of the half built room in
order that Mrs. Karunawathi may have a comfortable life.Some images of the on going construction process are shown bellow. Commenced on 28th September 2011 The group returned to Colombo yesterday (4th October) after a week of being with Mrs.Karunawathi.
Construction works
At the start of the construction
Construction in progress
Construction in progress
Construction in progress
Construction in progress
Construction in progress
Construction in progress
The group of "Kalyana Mithra"
Mrs.K comes in to the newly built room
Mrs. K is in the new room
Pirith chanting in the new room
The group of "Kalyana Mithra"
Message List
December 07, 2011
The
Bodhisattva, roaming sansara for countless number of aeons helped in
various ways, beings afflicted by sorrow. Once enlightened, the Buddha
continued helping such beings for forty five years.This is an excellent opportunity to venerate the Lord Buddha's quality of helping the suffering.It
is compassion to identify, empathise and help a being in whatever
manner who is afflicted with sorrow to overcome it. The field of
compassion, is the suffering being. Unlock your door to compassion. Let
your flower of compassion bloom. Let your mind open to compassion.May
the awakening of your compassion be in veneration of the Lord Buddha
and in homage to the message of all other religious teachers.
Rajakeeya Pandita, Thrikunamale Ananda Thero
Dr.Dhammika Perera, Sri Lanka
October 16, 2011
My dear friends,
I
first got to know about this patient about 3 weeks before, when I was
sent some photographs of Mr. Karunawathi by Ven. Walasmulle Jinarathana
Thero. Since then I also had the opportunity to get involved at several
stages of helping her. First I must thank Jinarathana thero for giving
us a good opportunity to get ourselves also, involved in a good deed and
also directing us to understand the philosophy of life.
There are several important facts that I should highlight here.
1. This
lady has been having this disease for almost more than a year. Since
she had been discharged from the ward, with the disease, without being
able to go for a reconstructive surgery at that time due to many
reasons, her survival up to now, with this situation was a miracle.
Mr.Suranga, her beloved son was the key person who looked after her with
tremendous seen and unseen difficulties. It should be highly
appreciated at all instances. If it was not for Suranga, she would have
died many months before. So he deserves a big salute.
2.
Sri Lanka
has many charity organizations, Social service departments of
government, and many non-governmental organizations in operation to
serve the needy people like these. If they are unable to serve a person
of this nature, especially someone who is really in need of help, then
it is questionable as to what one could expect from such governmental
and non-governmental organizations??? Interventions should have been
done well before this to uplift the socio-economic condition of the
lady, but having all kinds of governmental and non-governmental social
service programs in operation, nothing has happened in favor until Ven.
Walasmulle Jinarathana Thero visited the lady a few weeks ago. He
immediately called for all possible help. He has played his role as a
Buddhist monk and it is a great example for many other monks in the
country especially for those who can do something
but, unfortunately having a blind eye, on matters
which really calls for immediate attention.
3. Ven.
Jinarathana Thero first initiated a private fund, donating himself as
well, to renovate the room of Mrs. Karunawathi, to have her basic needs
in a comfortable manner. Without stopping at that level, he took another
step to gather resources to cure her. It is a very important thing to
do, since all the suffering that she was undergoing due to this illness,
could have been minimized, if there had been any relief from this
illness. Any other help, would not have been that effective. So I highly
appreciate that effort. Ideally to help someone we should identify all
problems prevailing around of that person and should correct all
problems at the same time as much as possible to make an effective
change in a
life. This intervention done
for Mrs. Karunawathi is exemplary to all who help the needy people,
because helping the other makes you are worthy of living.
4. There
are several organizations operating in Sri Lanka who help people like
these with their personal agendas. For example some groups help needy
people asking to join their religious beliefs, to convert them to their
religion eventually. But this "Kalyana Mithra" group acted in full faith
without expecting anything in return; a kalyana mithra behavior in
deed. That should be highly appreciated here. Another big salute for all
of them led by Ven. Walasmulle Jinarathana Thero.
5. Finally
I have a suggestion here that this kind of socio-economic support and
rehabilitation should be started at the level of discharging from
hospital and the hospital staff is the best primary persons to initiate a
rehabilitation program for a patient. They can contact government and
non-government organizations at official level and introduce them,
people like these to start a appropriate socio-economic rehabilitation
program. If it is done in that manner, no human being has to undergo
such unnecessary suffering of this nature.
This
project is highly taken up by many, all over the world now and I hope
this will be an eye opener for many others who can do something for
needy people but not yet started so far. Sincerely I thank all the
friends who contributed for this project to make this valuable effort a
success and hope that we would get their helping hand further.
And
at last I request all my friends to direct their mettha and blessings
to this patient for a better and fast recovery from all problems she
suffers and My best wishes and thanks goes to the members of this
"Kalyana Mithra" group led by Ven. Walasmulle Jinarathana Thero.
May all what is done become a success.
SHE WILL BE CURED & RECOVERED COMPLETELY.
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