Dr. Priyangi Aluthge (47) of Colombo Lady Ridgeway Hospital who visited a well-known beauty parlour where plastic surgery was carried out was being prepared for a plastic surgery yesterday when in the process she met with sudden death as a result of an injection becoming poisonous.
She had gone to this Cosmetic Surgery Clinic with the intention of attending to her wrinkles on her skin under her eyes and to improve her skin to look fairer. She had discussed her requirements with
Dr. Priangi who is the mother of 2 children lives down Senanayaka Road, Nawala and serves at the plastic surgery unit herself at the Colombo Lady Ridgeway Hospital. She had visited this beauty parlour which is situated at a building consisting of 6 floors at Visakha Road yesterday at about one in the afternoon. To prepare her for the surgery concerned, on the knowledge of the doctor, she had been injected with an anti-biotic around 3 in the afternoon. However, after the administration of the injection it had proved allergic and she had faced many discomforts and subsequently after developing a cough had shouted out in pain. At this juncture Dr. Nimal Gamage had tried his best to treat her condition, but Dr. Priyangi who had been fatal as a result of this injection happened to pass away within a space of about 10 minutes.
Dr. Nimal Gamage who became alarmed under these circumstances then informed the police and investigations were carried out in this respect. Coroners who visited the scene attended to further investigations on the body at about 7 in the night.
Subsequent to information collected by the police, on an order given by Aluthkade Courts, Dr. Nimal Gamage was taken into custody by police last night and further interrogations are proceeding in this connection.
Dr. Nimal Gamage had stated that he had secured his MBBS Degree in Sri Lanka and that he is a doctor who has had a special training in America and that he is a member of the Medical Council, confirming his identity. The doctor has expressed across his website that prior to this he had carried out about 1500 similar surgeries.
This clinic had operated under the name Cosmetic Surgery Clinic during a period of about 3 years at Visakha Road, Bambalapitiya on the 3rd floor of the said-building and the treatment given there to bring about a smoother and fair skin, to tighten the abdomen by treatment of stitching, enlarging breasts, bringing beauty to the face, hands and the removal of fat etcetera were advertised in the most eye-catching manner.
Certain surgeries which have to be conducted after spending a large sum of money overseas were conducted here at this clinic at a lesser fee and in order to derive publicity during the process of running this clinic, Dr. Nimal Gamage had quite frequently on a number of occasions appeared on national television programmes such as Nuga Sevena and health programmes across Sirasa Channel, thus presenting programmes of attractive treatment methods and procedures to confirm his activities and to win the trust of his customers.
For this very reason he had become popular among ladies of the elite class, artistes and models. A short time ago before this, certain alternate newspapers had brought forward an allegation that this doctor does not possess enough qualifications to carry out plastic surgery in Sri Lanka and for the purpose of countering this allegation Dr. Nimal Gamage had mentioned that he would take legal action against those newspapers and had even gone to the extent of displaying his MBBS certificate by scanning copies of his certificates confirming his approval from the Medical Council, across the website.
According to the scanned copies he mentions of, he had obtained his MBBS degree in the year 1982.
The deceased lady doctor having served the plastic surgery unit of Lady Ridgeway Hospital was aware of allergic conditions of drugs as well as of the qualifications of Dr. Gamage. It was under such conditions that this accident had taken place.
Bambalapitiya Police are conducting inquiries regarding the incident.
The video in which the doctor appears in a television programme, from BELOW
Dr. Nimal Gamage who often is seen on television. She had thus made arrangements to have a skin-graft done from her abdomen and thereby have a plastic surgery carried out on her.
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