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Carlo Fonseka
Sri Lankan physician, academic, and political activist (1933–2019)
Carlo Fonseka (Sinhala: කාලෝ ෆොන්සේකාKālō Fonsēkā; 4 March 1933 – 2 September 2019)[1] was a Sri Lankan physician, academic and political activist.
He was a former dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and a former president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Early life and family
Fonseka was born on 4 March 1933 in Colombo, Ceylon.[2] His family were Roman Catholics.[3][4] He was educated at Maris Stella College, Negombo and St.
Joseph's College, Colombo.[2][5][6] After school he joined the University of Ceylon's Faculty of Medicine in Colombo in 1955, graduating in 1960 with a first class MBBS degree.[7][8][9]
Career
After graduating Fonseka joined the Colombo General Hospital as an intern under professor K.
Rajasuria and senior surgeon Dr. Noel Bartholomeusz.