Dayawathie hospitalised after a heart attack
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The other day Dayawathie of 'Kopi Kade' fame ,the popular actress Sushila Kottege had been hospitalised subsequent to a heart attack. This incident had been explained by her as follows:
She says that what happened to her could not be believed by her. But she feels that owing to merits she had accumulated she is lucky to be living. She had said that life is somewhat very peculiar thing. One who was hail and hearty like a stone a week ago is now lying in a hospital bed.She had said that
in a short time she would come back to her earlier life and until such time she would remain calm in bed.
On the November 19 after two hectic days when she had to travel to far away places she had slept longer than usual as she had no particular assignment. In the afternoon as she has had dubbing and had got into the husband's vehicle. After travelling a short distance she had felt a severe pain on her back which after a short time had come towards her chest.She had felt that her chest and her back were getting crushed.
She had been twisting her body in severe pain and her husband too had got very scared. He wanted to get back home. As this dubbing was pre arranged and she never used to evade it as she never usually does wanted to attend to the dubbing. whatever happens to her.This was her intention as several others were waiting for her.
Her husband had wanted to go the Colombo national hospital. Then she had suggested to go and heir family doctor.Her husband had insisted that she be taken to the Colombo national hospital.However her husband had taken her to her family doctor Gunawardena.
There were a number of patients to see him. She had forced herself into the doctors room screaming.After examination the doctor had asked her to get admitted to the closest hospital as her condition was very serious. She had been taken to the Fever hospital at IDH After initial treatment she had been admitted to the ward 61 in the cardiology unit of the general hospital .
She had been diagnosed as having two blocked valves in her heart and surgery was needed. One valve was 99% blocked and the other was 49% blocked and needed to undergo bypass heart surgery.She had told that without surgery to cure her. However she has had to undergo by pass surgery.After surgery she says she is back to normal and feel much better. She had said that if not for the surgery there would not been a Sushila Kottege.
