 Rodrigo is referred to as "the godfather of the quest to reduce maternal mortality and doyen of obstetricians" by Dr MALR Perera Secretary of Health.Rodrigo was President Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians 1981-83 and served on its council for two decades and was also Editor and its Patron.He also served as Chairman of the Board of Study in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine University of Colombo  Rodrigo also served as Chairman of the Board at Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital and Medical Director of Asha Central Hospital,
During his tenure as Chairman between 1988 and 1994 with Dr RC Rajapakse was Medical Director and Dr. Narme Wikramasinghe as Deputy Medical Director, the hospital developed specialist units such as Renal Disease (Dr Chula Herath) in addition to others where local expertise was lacking like scoliosis surgery through attracting specialists based overseas such as Professor Randunna Corea, which ceased after his demise and Diabetes and Endocrinology through Professor Devaka Fernando, who moved the department to the university in 1992.