Forging alliances: examining civil-military partnerships and their impact on war-time casualty care in Sri Lanka
Amila Ratnayake,
Sanjeewa Munasinghe,
Gamini Goonetilleke
Abstract:Over the course of the 26-year civil war in Sri Lanka between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government forces, LTTE’s ‘military’ capacity and strategy evolved from guerrilla-type ambushes using landmines to semi-conventional warfare with light arms and eventually to heavy artillery and improvised explosive devices. This evolution required both military and civil surgeons to enhance their knowledge and skills in managing high-energy war wounds to handle the large number of casualties admit… Show more
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