Amila dead

Amila Sandaruwan, the two-and-a-half year-old boy who fought a losing battle to regain consciousness after his mother allegedly threw him into the Kalu Ganga, died yesterday at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital in Colombo. He never recovered from the coma.

It was one of the most shocking cases of child murder in recent memory, more so because the culprit was his mother.

Who can possibly forget the absolutely shocking TV footage of a two and half year-old-boy floating, seemingly drowned, in the Kalu Ganga in Kalutara? Bystanders rescued the boy and he was rushed to the Lady Ridgeway - one of the best children’s hospitals in Asia. Doctors led by LRCH Director Dr. Mahanama Rajamanthree strove round the clock to save Amila’s life.

The boy was in life support for around one and half weeks and died around 11.45 yesterday morning.

See feature on Amila Sandaruwan’s case in the Spectrum section. Note that it was written and printed before he died.