An Adulation to a Titan of Humanity

Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr Naomal P. S. Gunaratna 10 January 1931 - 07 May 2026

- By Dr B. J. C. PERERA SPECIALIST CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN

When a colossus of human virtue departs this earthly theatre, the silence left in its wake is not merely the absence of sound, but a profound, resonant reverberation that echoes through the very corridors of our souls.

On that most distressing 07 of May, 2026, the mortal final curtain fell upon the magnificent, multi-faceted tapestry of a life lived to its exquisite pinnacle. Dr Naomal P. S. Gunaratna, having completed a glorious earthly sojourn of ninety-five years, surrendered his gentle spirit to the infinite, leaving behind a world demonstrably poorer for his departure.

To speak of him is to speak of an absolute gem of humanity, a mortal who walked among us with the quiet majesty of a king, the tender heart of a saint, and the flawless grace of a true nobleman. He was a Consultant Paediatrician of peerless distinction. Yet for all that, well above and beyond the glittering accolades of his noble vocation, he was, in the truest and most sublime sense of the phrase, a human being par excellence.