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A doctor attached to Thambuttegama Government Hospital had died in his quarters and his body was recovered this morning by Thambuttegama police.
The victim Kottapitiyage Amila Sandakelum Dissanayake (35) was a medical officer of the nephrology treatment unit of the hospital. He was from Narammala area.
Police said the doctor had not reported for duty for three days and a hospital employee had gone to the doctor’s quarters and looked for him, to find his body.
Preliminary investigations revealed that his wife is a dental surgeon in Kurunegala General Hospital and that she was living in that area with her five-year- old child.
A senior police official said the doctor had been living alone in his quarters and that he had died about three days ago. He said any external injuries were not found in the body and that the cause of death could be established after the postmortem examination.
Thambuttegama police are conducting further investigations.(Dayaratne Embogama)