Background
GUNARATNE, Victor Thomas Herat was born on March 11, 1912 in Madampe. Son of the late H. M. G. Herat Gunaratne.
GUNARATNE, Victor Thomas Herat was born on March 11, 1912 in Madampe. Son of the late H. M. G. Herat Gunaratne.
Ceylon Med College, Colombo, 1930-1935, Licentiate in Medicine & Surgery. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1947, Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1948, Diploma Public Health. University of Edinburgh Med School, 1950, Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1960, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
Spoken languages: Sinhalese, English.
Deputy Director Public Health Services, Ceylon 1959-1961. Deputy Director Ceylon Medical Services 1961-1964. Director Health Services, Government, of Ceylon 1964-1967.
President World Health Assembly 1967. Director WHO Regional Office for S.E. Asia 1968-1981, now Regional Director Emeritus, Consultant and Adviser to Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sri Lanka. Honorary Fellow Indian Academy, of Medical Sciences 1975.
Honorary Fellow, Ceylon College, of Physicians 1976, Indian Society of Malaria and other Communicable Diseases, Sri Lanka Public Health Association. Honorary Doctor of Public Health (Mahidol) 1977, Honorary D.S. (University of Sri Lanka) 1978, Honorary D.Med. (State Medical Institute, Mongolia) 1978, Honorary Doctor of Science (Benares University, India).
Professional.
Married Clarice Gunaratne in 1937.