An eighteen-year-old student of the Isipathana College has died of Covid 19, at the Colombo North General Hospital Kalubowila.
Admitted to the hospital with breathing difficulties, the student died following admission to the Intensive Care Unit for further treatment. A bright student of the school, Samitha Dilthushan was the President of the Photography Club and Editor of the English Literary Society. He took part in various extracurricular activities of the school.
Doctors at the Colombo North General Hospital tried their utmost to save his life but failed, in the end.
