Leader of Indigenous community Vannila Aththo undergoes appendicitis operation
The leader of the Dambane Indigenous community, the Veddah Chief Uruwariyage Vannila Aththo has been admitted to the Mahiyangana Base hospital for appendices operation.
It is reported that a small protrusion has emerged from his stomach area and it needs to be removed
via an operation..Hence after he was admitted it is reported that the protrusion had been successfully removed.This has been disclosed by the hospital director Dr.Senerath Bandara.The leader of the Veddah community Uruwariyage Vannila Aththo had addedthat this is only the second occasion in his life that he had entered into a hospital.
It is also reported that the Veddah chief was admitted to hospital many people had come to see him causing a tremendous inconvenience to the authorities of the Mahiyangana hospital.