Published On:Sunday 14 September 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
Chinese boy reunited with family of Lankan eye donor
People to people contact is perhaps the best way to build relations between countries and this was emphasized when a Chinese boy who had received an eye cornea from a Sri Lankan met the family in an emotional exchange on Friday.
In April of 2011 Saman Amerasena died in a tragic accident when he slipped and fell in his home. The family rushed him to hospital but was informed by doctors he would not recover. He was only 47 years.
“I was devastated. In Sri Lanka it is common to donate organs once a person is dead but we had not signed up for any such program. However the doctors at the hospital encouraged me to donate my husband’s eyes and so I agreed,” said his wife Sandya Amarasena. See at more: http://colombogazette.com/2014/09/14/chinese-boy-reunited-with-family-of-lankan-eye-donator/
In April of 2011 Saman Amerasena died in a tragic accident when he slipped and fell in his home. The family rushed him to hospital but was informed by doctors he would not recover. He was only 47 years.
“I was devastated. In Sri Lanka it is common to donate organs once a person is dead but we had not signed up for any such program. However the doctors at the hospital encouraged me to donate my husband’s eyes and so I agreed,” said his wife Sandya Amarasena. See at more: http://colombogazette.com/2014/09/14/chinese-boy-reunited-with-family-of-lankan-eye-donator/
