The Lamp of Truth

In the height of Sri Lankan Civil War more than three hundred thousand innocent civilians were trapped in the war zone2 There were only a handful of doctors to treat the thousands of injured civilians DrVaratharajah Thurairajah the director of health services of the region was one of those doctors All medical personnel from the war zone were ordered to vacate the area However Dr Varatharajah defied the order of the health ministry saying that he would not leave the region abandoning the thousands of injured civilians He struggled to treat the patients with the very limited medical supplies As the war progressed the hospitals were also came under artillery fire3 Risking his own life he continued to serve the people Eventually he too was injured and was taken into military custody4 He eventually flee the country to USA and became an important witness in the United Nations war crime investigations