The beggar with a wounded leg on the road in Bambalapitiya.
Rohan Wickremasinghe
For the past several months I have observed a man on the road in
Bambalapitiya area. This man has a very big wound in his right leg.
Actually fingers are not to be seen and the wound is covered with lot
of blood. He cannot walk but moves from place to place on the road.
His condition is pathetic and terrifying. It is regrettable that even
though he is present in and around Bambalapitiya area no one take any
interest to talk to him and care fir him.
Once I gave him a cup of tea.
Actually he should be given treatment by a government hospital on an
immediate basis. May be this man cannot travel to a hospital in such a
condition. No wonder that any one will hesitate to give him a trip to
the hospital in a vehicle due to his open wound.
I kindly appeal to a private hospital in Colombo to treat him.
He may need considerable health care still he fully recovers from his
present condition. Since this man may find it difficult to walk the
best thing would be to give him a wheel chair.