Yasuni Manikkage
@ManikkageYasuni
Doctor. Artist. History buff. Registered organ donor. Passionately involved in promoting deceased organ donation & Increasing sexual literacy.
In Sri lanka, social stigma around sexual health is deeply ingrained. Open conversation & comprehensive sexual education are important. island.lk/limited-knowle…
Our aging population will be one of our biggest barriers to economic growth and no ones talking about it enough. How’s the public health system going to survive? Who’s going to take up the elderly care burden?
One in Four Sri Lankans Will Be Elderly by 2041: Sri Lanka’s Healthcare Must Evolve or Fall Behind Watch: youtu.be/IKXO-hLGD_Q #News #LiveUpdate #LatestUpdate #SLMA
🟨Digital detox: Can unplugging improve teen depression and anxiety and prevent suicides? Dr Darshani Hettiarachchi 🟨Autism in the teenage years: Navigating the storm of adolescence Prof Miyuru Chandradasa 🟨Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists at the SLMA Sessions #teen #Autism
Sri Lanka - subsiding the rich world’s health service. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka makes it ever harder for foreign medical graduates to practice in Sri Lanka. Non Sri Lankan citizens cannot qualify as doctors here, even if they speak fluent Tamil or Sinhala.
🇱🇰 1,489 Doctors Left 2022-2024, Costing Rs. 12.5B for tax payers - New reasearch finds ⭕ 1,489 doctors, including specialists, migrated from 2022-2024 due to economic crisis. ⭕ Estimated financial loss to taxpayers: Rs. 12.5B (US$41.5M). ⭕ 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka's healthcare…
Thank you @RehanJayawick for reminding of your heartfelt work on this. Approx. 12% of Lankans identify as LGBTQ & they, their fams, friends & allies cont. to be penalized by busy-body Victorian laws mistaken as our own. Shld a colonial hangover continue to trump Lankan dignity?
The final report of the SJB LGBTIQ committee which I headed was officially handed over to the Leader of the SJB, @sajithpremadasa, in August 2023. Other notable members were @Chamathka_0815 and @chamithwije. Among its many thoughtful and progressive recommendations, the most…
The yellow in Van Gogh paintings came from cows in Bihar which were only fed mango leaves. That turned their urine to bright yellow which was collected, dried & created a pigment called 'Indian yellow'. Puts the sunflowers in perspective now doesn't it?
The yellow in Vincent van Gogh's paintings
අලි වෙදකම අමාරුයිද? වෛද්ය විද්යාවට අනුව Downer Animal- නැගිටගන්න බැරුව වැටිලා ඉන්න සතෙක් කියන්නේ සාමාන්යයෙන් අන්තිම අඩිය තමා...සතාගේ විශාලත්වය වැඩිවෙන්න වෙන්න, සතාගේ ජීවිතේ හානි නොවී වැතිරිලා ඉන්න පුලුවන් කාලේ අඩු වෙනවා..භාතියත් එච්චරයි. ඒ ප්රතිකාර කරනවා වගේම
I spent years arguing with parents not to come to airport to pick me up every time I went home. "What's the need? Why waste money? Why take trouble?" My mum would pack food in a tiffin box she would insist I eat in cab on way home after forbidding me to buy "250rs plane sandwich"
The Magic of Gustav Klimt in Motion 🥰 Spectacular ! Hall des Lumières NYC
No. Just no. Doctors don’t get paid enough to handle the plumbing emergencies caused by phallic beer bottles!
Japanese design firm Kenji Abe has designed a glass beer bottle that you can stick into the sand on the beach
Because Emergency Room doctors don’t already have enough to deal with.
Japanese design firm Kenji Abe has designed a glass beer bottle that you can stick into the sand on the beach
🙏🏽Min. @SunilHandun_LKA for your crucial support for the continuation of #MFA. We are excited to work w Matara, Lankan, int’l talent, & our nat’l and local govt to continue MFA’s approach to culture led economic & tourism development of Matara fort & city. Join us this December!
🎨 The Matara Festival for the Arts (MFA) returns from Dec 12–15, 2025 at Matara Fort! A celebration of contemporary art & music with local + international creatives — boosting tourism, culture & creative industry in Sri Lanka. 🌍🎶 #MataraFestival #MFA2025
🎨 The Matara Festival for the Arts (MFA) returns from Dec 12–15, 2025 at Matara Fort! A celebration of contemporary art & music with local + international creatives — boosting tourism, culture & creative industry in Sri Lanka. 🌍🎶 #MataraFestival #MFA2025
LIVE: FDA Expert Panel on Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy for Women x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
This is the parish in Gaza that Pope Francis would call every night.
Cardinal Pizzaballa: “What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the Church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church” Images of the only Catholic Church in Gaza before and after today’s attack.
Tree planting doesn’t need a spotlight—just a purpose. It doesn’t have to wait for World Environment Day, a celebrity or VIP photo op, or a parade of printed T-shirts and fancy cars. Real impact happens quietly, consistently, and with care.
Broccoli is a flower that is harvested before it blooms. If you leave it alone it will bloom
The Hiri boys keep climbing every year since they started. 14 is epic! Plenty people travel to Hiri just on word of their 2 resto-bars, even in off-season. This is soft power tourism. We got plenty talent if we nurture it. Proud that we get to supply them with #KimbulaKithul.