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. He now practices at Palmerston Medical Clinic and Nakara Medical Clinic.

Qualifications and Experience

Trained in paediatrics in the United Kingdom, practising at the following hospitals:

Luton and Dunstable Hospital
Bedford General Hospital
Queen Elisabeth II Hospital
St Albans Hospital
Canadian Red Cross Hospital
Hampstead Hospital
Kettering General Hospital
Birch Hill Hospital
Stockton Children’s Hospital
Hitching Hospital

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 Paediatrics (FRACP).
Former senior adjunct lecturer for Flinder’s University.