Mr. Gamini Subasinghe - Coordinator - Department of Rehabilitation

Mr.Subasinghe has served the Sri Lanka Army for 33 years  and has held the rank of Captain at retirement. Commencing from his first attachment at the Directorate of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps as a Commissioned Officer, where he has followed a nurses' training course, he has served  the Military Hospital as a Nursing Officer and  Administrative Officer at the Palaly Base Hospital, and Military Hospital, Colombo, as Staff Officer Grade III.

He has been decorated with a number of military honours  including “Uththama Seva Padakkama”  awarded for exemplary military career. He has gained ample experience in military administration and  skills in nursing.

Mr.Subasinghe has been attached to the Skills Development and Rehabilitation Unit of the Sahanaya Resource Centre, Borella for the last five years  and has assisted in many ways in the implementation of  the programme for rehabilitation of  those suffering from long-term mental illness. He has participated in a workshop for National Psychosocial Rehabilitation, conducted by the Institute of Psychiatry, Angoda, in collaboration with World  Association for  Psychosocial Rehabilitation and also the inaugural workshop  to Enhance the Skills of Teachers  of Children with Disabilities, conduced by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with Ministry of Social Services and Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Empowerment.