Lankan-born Canadian dies at BIA

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A 54-year-old Sri Lankan-born Canadian passenger died after having collapsed at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) this morning.

The victim named Buddika Karunarathne was a resident of the Beddagana area.

He had arrived at the airport this morning (2:18 am) with his mother from Qatar.

The Katunayake airport police said the man died after a suspected cardiac arrest while he was accompanying his mother from Canada to Sri Lanka and while walking through the exit lounge from the airport arrival terminal.

The body of the victim was handed over to the Negombo hospital and a post-mortem will be conducted by the hospital to ascertain the exact cause of death. (T.K.G. Kapila)

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Namal Tuesday, 10 January 2023 02:05 PM

must be the shock to see the state of sri lanka

Felicia Pieris Tuesday, 10 January 2023 07:10 PM

Airport received a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on December 19th. Did they use the AED on this passenger?

Kumar Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:07 AM

I suppose everybody ignores heart problems. In the past we were asked to take a low dose aspirin daily. Recently, after tests I was told that I had 1% chance getting a heart attack, so I am off aspirin.

Has happened before Wednesday, 11 January 2023 01:04 PM

Sad to see so many Sri Lankan want their parent to stay with them overseas. It's a big fashion fad. However, this unfortunate circumstance isn't the first I've heard of such greed for having one's parents near, which more often than not kills the child of the parent sooner.

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