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Consultant Paediatrician

Dr Ben Dayaratne

Trained in paediatrics in the UK, Dr Ben was a senior registrar at the Children's Hospital in Sydney and Senior Consultant Paediatrician at Royal Darwin Hospital from 1974 - 1988 and was one time head of the Department of Paediatrics. He now practices at Palmerston Medical Clinic and Nakara Medical Clinic. 


 

Qualifications and Experience


During his training in paediatrics in the national Health Service in the United Kingdom, he has been a senior house officer and registrar at the following hospitals:

  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Bedfordshire
  • Bedford General Hospital, Bedfordshire
  • Queen Elisabeth II Hospital, Hertfordshire 
  • St Albans Hospital, Hertfordshire 
  • Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Surrey
  • Hampstead Hospital, Hertfordshire 
  • Kettering General Hospital, Northamptonshire
  • Birch Hill Hospital, Birmingham
  • Stockton Children’s Hospital, Durham
  • Hitchin Hospital, Hertfordshire


Formally senior registrar at Sydney Children’s Hospital.  

Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (London). 

Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health - FRCPCH (UK).  Diploma of Child Health (University of London).  

Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP). 

Former senior adjunct lecturer at Flinder’s University.    


 

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