Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006212 - Vythilingham, Kandiah (1910 - 1967)
Title:
Vythilingham, Kandiah (1910 - 1967)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006212
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-10-24
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Vythilingham, Kandiah (1910 - 1967), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Vythilingham, Kandiah
Date of Birth:
7 November 1910
Place of Birth:
Ceylon
Date of Death:
1967
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1951
LMS Ceylon 1937
DOMS 1948
Details:
Kandiah Vythilingham was born in Ceylon on 7 November 1910 and qualified with the LMS of Ceylon in 1937. He joined the Department of Health Services in 1939 and was appointed an acting medical officer at the Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo. Thenceforward he specialized in ophthalmology, holding house appointments at Galle and Trincomalee but returning ultimately to the Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, first as a medical officer, Grade I, and finally 1952 as Visiting Surgeon.
Vythilingham was granted study leave in 1948 and came to England to obtain the DOMS and he passed the FRCS in Ophthalmology in 1951. He died in 1967.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E006000-E006999/E006200-E006299
Media Type:
Unknown
