Foreign media report that a doctor of Sri Lankan origin who worked at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), a world-renowned children’s hospital in Toronto, Canada, has been arrested by the Toronto Police.
The arrest was made on allegations of possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material and accessing such material online.
The suspect has been identified as Dr Dylan Dissanayake, a 44-year-old resident of Toronto.
According to the Toronto Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) Unit, the arrest followed an investigation that commenced in January 2026.
During the investigation, police executed searches at SickKids Hospital and the suspect’s private residence in February, seizing several electronic devices, including a computer he had used in the course of his employment.
Dr Dissanayake has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material and accessing such materi
