HAPPY NEW YEAR-2009

"WISHING U A VERY HAPPY,PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR-2009"
BY EMANTHI MARAMBE

Troops Captured All Important Paranthan Area

Troops Attached to the Task Force 1 Have Captured All Important Paranthan Area In the North Fully This Morning.Troops Captured the Paranthan Junction and It's Surrounding Areas Says Minister Keheheliya Rambukwella.

Petrol Filling Stations Still Not Implementing The Govt's Price Reduction

Even Government Announced The Fuel Price Reduction Effective From Midnight Yesterday Most of the petrol Filling Stations Today Not sell the Petrol and Diesel for the Revised Prices According to the Consumers.Government Reduced the Petrol Liter By Rs.20 for Three Wheelers and Rs 2 For Others and Diesel Liter By Rs.10.Large number of Vehicles and Consumers seeing in the Queaus inside the Petrol Filling stations to Buy Petrol Diesel and other Fuels.

One Thousand Two Hundred Nurses Filed Two Court Cases Against The Health Ministry

Around One Thousand Two Hundred Nurses who are Selected for the Special Grade Nurses Training(Sister Grade)Course Filed Two Cases Against The Ministry Of Health Charging Their Human Rights are Violated Due to the Stop their Training Course before completing it.Six Hundred Fifty Nurses Selected For this Training from Provincial Council Hospitals and Five Hundred Fifty Selected from The Central Government Hospitals were Filed Two Cases and the Hearing of these Cases Due to Commence on 13th Of January.
According to these Nurses Ministry Of Health Selected them for this One and Half Years Training and It Began on April 21st.But Suddenly without a Prior Notice Ministry stopped the Training by saying that the Public Services Commission is not Granted Approval for the Training.
Health Ministry Officials are Not Available For Comment .

Government Reduced The Fuel Prices

Government Decided to Reduced The Prices of Gas,Petrol, Diesel,Kerosene Oil and Furnace Oil with Effect from Midnight Tonight(30).The Price Of a Shell Gas Cylinder Reduced from Rs.166 and Laugfs Gas Cylinder From Rs.276 According to the Consumer Affairs Minister bandula Gunawardena.Petrol Liter Is Reduced by Rs 20 for the Three wheelers and Rs.2 Per Liter for Others Minister said during the Special Cabinet Briefing Held This Evening.The Prices of the Diesel,Kerosene and Furnace Oil Liter are Reduced by Rs.10.Four Liters of Petrol will be Issued to The Three Wheelers Per Day for the New Price He stressed.

Four Hundrad Twenty Eight Drugs, Surgical And Lab Items Are Out Of Stock At The Government Hospitals

Four Hundred Twenty Eight Essential Pharmaceuticals,Surgical Items and Lab Chemicals Are Out Of Stock at the Medical Supplies Division(MSD) attached to the Health Ministry and Most of the Government Hospitals These Days Hospital Sources said Today(30).MSD Informed about This Out Of Stock Drug Items To the Health Ministry on the 15th of this Month.Fifty Four Pharmaceuticals,Three Hundred Fifty One Surgical Items and Twenty Three Lab Items are Out Stock.Cephalexin Capsules(250m.g),Cephalexin Syrup,Salbutamole,Oxitocin,Chloramphenicol Injections,Surgical Items like Needles,Sutures and Some Cessiors and Lab Chemicals like Ethyl Acitate and Ethyi Alcohol Are Among these Out of Stock Drug Items According to the MSD.The list of These Out Of Stock Drug Items Published in the Health Ministry's Official Web Site.

One Hundred Seven Petrol Filling Stations To Transfered To The CPC

The 107 Petrol Filling Stations Belongs to the Petroleum Storage Terminal Management Limited and One Third of It's Shares owned by the Treasury will Transfered to The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(cpc) after Receiving the Cabinet Approval Petroleum Minister A.h.m Fowzie Said.The Trade Unions attached to the Petroleum Corporation Earlier Demanded that the CPC Should Take Over the Above Petrol Filling Stations.

Board Of Directors Of The Seylan Bank Suspended And Bank Of Ceylon Took Over Their Management

Monetary Board Today(29) Suspends The Board Of Directors of The Seyaln Bank One of the Leading Private Banks In Sri lanka with Immediate Effect and Allowed Bank Of Ceylon To Took Over It's Management.Mr.C.Narangoda Appointed as The New Chairman Of Seylan Bank and the Current CEO and the Bank Employees Remained Unchanged According to the Central Bank Of Sri Lanka. This Action will not Effect to the Customers Services According to the Bank Sources.The Owner Of the Seylan and Chairman of the Ceylinco Group Lalith Kotalawala Last Saturday Announced that the Debt Ceylinco Investments Owned to their Golden Credit Card holders following the Financial Freud happened there will be paid by divesting Ceylinco's shares of the Seylan Bank. Afterwards The Banking Unions Demanding the Government to Take Over The Seylan Bank. The Business of the Seylan Bank will Begin Tomorrow(30) as Usual.

Government Doctors Stop Prescribing the Thyroxine Tablets Distributed To The Govt.Hospitals-Patients Are Facing Difficulties

Patients who are Suffering from the Thyroxine Deficiency Are Facing Difficulties due to the Government Hospital Doctors are Not Recommending them the Thyroxine Tablets available in the Government Hospitals saying that they are Not Effective.The Thyroxine Tablets available in the Government Hospitals are Not in Good Quality and due to this Doctors Prescribed their Patients to buy A Brand of Thyroxine Tablets available in Private Pharmacies which is very expensive Hospital Sources said Today(29).A batch of The Thyroxine Tablets in Govt.Hospital Pharmacies were Removed due to the Quality Failure few months ago.But the Stock of Thyroxine Tablets supplied afterwards are also In the Same Brand which is not Effective Dr.Upul Gunasekara The Assistant Secretary Of the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA)Says.We Shown this position to the Health Ministry but they said that only the 50 Micro Gramme Thyroxine Tablets are having this Problem But Widely used 100 Macro gramme Tablets are fine Dr.Gunasekera stressed.However Doctors Denied Both Forms of These Tablets which are Manufactured Here He Said.

JVP To Hold A Protest In Colombo Tomorrow Demanding The Bringing Down Of Petrol Price

Opposition Peoples Lioberation Front(JVP)is to Conduct a Protest Campaign Tomorrow in Colombo against the Government Decision on Not Reducing the Petrol Price Immediately As Ordered by the Supreme Court.JVP Parlimentarian Vijita Herath Said at a Press Briefing Held in Colombo Today(28) that Govt.Should Implement the Supreme Court Order By Reducing the Petrol Litre to Rs.100.Responding to the Main Opposition United National Party's(UNP) Decision of Holding a Joint Protest Campaign To Protest against Govt's Decision On Petrol Price ON January He said that UNP has no right to Represent on behalf of thePeople as they too are Responsible for this crisis.

National Democratic Front Today Joined The Govt.. After Signing MOU

National Democratic Front(NDF) The Breakaway Faction of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) Today(28) Signed a Memorandum Of Understanding(MOU)with the Governing United People's Freedom Alliance(UPFA) and Joined the Government.The Secretary Of the NDF Parliamentarian Nandana Gunathilaka and Secretary of the UPFA Education Minister Susil PremJayantha Signed the MOU behalf of their Parties.Defeating The LTTE militarily is believed to be the Main Issue of the MOU.President Mahinda Rajapaksha,NDF Leader Wimal Weerawansa and Several Govt.and Other Parliamentarians Attended this Occasion.

Suicide Bomb Attack OutSide Colombo Killed Five Civil Defense Personnel

Eight People including Civil defense force Personnel and a Captain were Killed and Another Nineteen Injured Due to The Suicide Bomb Attack at the Civil defense Post inside the St.Ann Church Premisses Hekitta Road,Wattala This Morning(28).Injured were Rushed in to the Colombo National Hospital and Few of them Reported as in Critical Condition.Police and the Army Officials are Conducting an Investigations on the Incident .

Financial Crisis- Ceylinco To Repay The Debt Of Their Credit Card Holders By Divesting Bank Shares

Ceylinco Group One of the Leading Business Enterprises in Sri Lanka Today(27) Announced that It will Divest Their Shares in the Leading Private Bank Seylan which owned by them
to Repay All Debts to Ceylinco's Golden Credit Card Holders.Due to the Financial Freud Occurred in the Ceylinco Investments Company Problem rise in Paying the Int rest to the Credit Card Holders who Invested Large Amount of Money there.However Chairman of the Ceylinco Group of Companies Mr.Lalith Kotalawala In a Public Statement Issued Today Confirmed that the Ceylinco Group will Divest their Shares in the Seylan Bank to Raise funds for Repaying all The Debt they owned to the Credit Card Holders and ask Public Not to Fear on it.Ceylinco Group Not Disclosed the Exact Amount of Debt they have to Pay for their Credit Card Holders.After Learned about the Financial Freud in Ceylinco Investments, Large Number Of people Who Invested Their Money there Gathered to The Ceylinco Premises in Colombo Last few days Fearing that they Will Loose their Money.

National Day Of Safety To Commemorate Tsunami Victims Falls Today

National Day of Safety falls Today(26).A two minute silence obtained today between 9.25 to 9.27 a.m to commemorate those who were killed due to the Natural Disasters.Exactly Four Years ago a day like today in 26th of December 2005 , Tsunami Struck the Indian Ocean Nations including that of Sri Lanka.Thousands were killed and disappeared and large number of people were Displaced after their houses were washed away due to the Sea waves of the TSUNAMI.

Action Can Be Taken Against The Government Docs Prescribed Medicine From Trade Names If Complained-DGHS

Action Can Taken against the Government Hospital Doctors who are Prescribing Drugs In Trade Name Instead of the Generic Name if the Patients are Complained On it Director General Of Health Services(DGHS)Dr.Ajith Mendis Said Today(26).Due to the Silence of the Patients Regarding this Issue Hospital Doctors are Continuously Prescribing Drugs by Trade Name He Stressed.Health Ministry Announced Last year that all the Government Hospital Doctors Should Prescribed Drugs from the Generic Name Effect from 01St Of January this year.
Meanwhile Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva too Appealed from All the Sri Lankan Doctors to Prescribe Medicine From the Generic Name Instead of Brand Name."I have no other Option then appealing them to do so and if they won't Respond to it Positively what Else I Can Do? Questioned by the Minister.He further said that All the Sections have accusing him for not Implementing the Professor Seneka Bibile's Drug Policy and the Trade Unions who are Behind these Accusations should realized that the Minister Can't Do it alone.Now most People are Grabbed the Prof.Bibile's Policy as their own Minister Charged.

"Merry Christmas "

Catholics and Christians all over the world are Celebrating The Christmas To Day(25) Commemorating the Birth of the Jesus Christ.wishing the Whole world A Merry Christmas Filled with Peace,Love,Joy and Prosperity.

Lanka Indian Oil Increased The Petrol Litre Again

Creating a Further Chaos Situation in the Sri Lankan Fuel Crisis Lanka Indian Oil Decided to Increased The Petrol Liter to Rs.122 after Reduced it to Rs 100 a weak ago.LOIC act according to the Supreme Court Order to Reduced the Petrol Litre to Rs.100 earlier but Decided to increase again due to the CPC not Reduced the Petrol price.
.HowEver The Government owned Ceylon Petroleum corporation(CPC) Not Reduced it last weak saying that the Cabinet is not Receiving the Copy of The Court Order.However the Supreme Court Registrar Last Friday Announced that the Copies of the Court Order have been sent to All the Parties including the Cabinet and the CPC.Supreme Court Verdict came Under Heavy Criticism from the Government Ministers.Some of them Accused that Due to the Supreme Court's Order It may caused a Heavy Income Loss To the Government and The war in the North and other Developing Planned Backwards,

Education Ministry Decided To Conduct The Confused O/Level Maths -2 Paper Again

Education Ministry Today)((24) Instructed the Examinations Commissioner to Conduct a New Syllabus Maths-2 Paper Examination Again.There is a confusion among the students who sat for this year's G.C.E Ordinery Level Exam after Two Questions based on the Old Syllabus were included in the New Syllabus Maths-2 Paper.Large number Of Teachers Unions Demanding the Education Minister Susil Prem Jayantha To Cancelled the Above Paper and conduct a Test again for that paper.These Trade Unions Warned if the government failed act on this they will Take this Problem to the Courts.However the Education Minister kept on saying that the Sujected Maths Paper will not cancelled and Justice will done to the Students when papers are marking.
It seems the Education minister Changed his earlier Decision for a Good Course

Gyneacologists Urged The Need Of Reducing The Growing Number Of Ceaserian Operations In Sri Lanka

An Action will be taken to Reduced the Growing Number of Ceaserian Operations performed within the Two Government owned Maternity Hospitals Due to The High Expenditure on them The Head of the Professorial Unit of the De Soyza Maternity Hospital Professor C.Randeniya Said Today(24) .According to The Statistics Around 725 Ceaserian Operations Performed Monthly at the De Soyza and the Castle Street Hospitals in Colombo and Some out of the 250 Ceaserians at the
De Soyza Hospital are Performed Due to the Requests made by the Pregnant Mothers.Government is Spending Around Rs 50,000 Per Ceaserian Operation and the Expenditure is Mounting Due to the Number of These Operations are on Increase Prof.Randeniya stressed.Considering This situation Steps should be taken to Make Awareness among the Mothers of the Affects Of the Ceaserian Operations Like Risk Of Death and Bleeding.
Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva too said that there is a need to Reduced the Number of Ceaserian Operations Due To The High Cost. This was Revealed at the opening of the Newly Build Operation Theater of the Soyza Hospital.

Government Still Not Implement The Supreme Court Order Over The Petrol Price

Exactly A weak a Go The Supreme Court Ordered to Reduced the Petrol Litre To Rs.100.But It is sad that the Government still not able to Implement that Court Order by Reducing the Petrol Litre of the Government Owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(CPC).The Petrol Stations belongs to the CPC Are still selling the Petrol Litre for Rs.122.However Indian Oil Lanka Company Reduced the Price to Rs.100 as directed by the Supreme Court.There are Large Vehicle Quau seen in front of the Indian Oil Lanka owned Filling stations these days due To their Price Reduction.

National Democratic Front To Joined The Government

National Freedom Front(NDF) which is the Broken Faction of the Leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna(JVP)Decided to join the Governing United People Freedom Alliance(UPFA).NDF Led by the Parliamentarian Wimal weerawansha Is To Sign a Memorandum of Understanding(MOU)with the Governing Party in this Regard on the 28th of This Month.

Sports Minister Dissolved The Cricket Interim Comittee

Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge Today(23)Dissolved the Cricket Interim Comittee Chaired by the Former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunga.

GMOA Wants Health Minster To Implement The Drug Policy Soon

Health Ministry Should Reduced The Large Number of Drugs Which are Imported to the Country By Implementing the National Drug Policy of the Professor Senaka Bibile Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA)SAYS.There are around 8000 Drugs Imported to Sri Lanka Annually and According to The Senaka Bibile Drug Policy the Country only needs Around 328 varieties of Drugs.Due to the Importing these Drugs from Trade Names One Drug will Imported from Several Trade Names Says GMOA.A spokesman Of the Association said that Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva who is also the Chairman Of the Executive Committee Of the World Health Organization(WHO) Should Implement the National Drug Policy Of the Prof.Bibile before His Term of the Presidency is Over.'He will Become a Hero' if he is doing so He stressed.

One Thousand Two Hundrad Pre Intern Medical Graduates Demanding Their Internship Appointments

Pre Intern Medical Graduates Association Said Today that There Are Around 1200 Medical Graduates who are waiting For Internship Appointments From Up to Thirteen Months And they will Decided their future Demonstration Campaign over the Delaying Of these Appointments By this Thursday(25).These Medical Graduates are Belongs to the Three Batches and First Batch is Compromised with 200 medical Graduates. they are in the Waiting List Around Thirteen Months due to the Irregularities of their Merit List.Even this Merit List Scrutinized Three Times Authorities have Not Taken Any steps to Implement It According to the Convener of the Association Dr.Thushara Weerasuriya.
He Said that Around Eight Hundred Medical Graduates Belongs to the Second Batch waiting for the Appointments since Eight Months and Another Two Hundred Graduates are waiting Two Months.

Opposition Leader Asked A Parlimentary Session To Disscuss Current Situation

Opposition Leader Ranil Wickramasinha Today(22) Sent a Letter To the Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka Urging to Convene a Parlimentary Session to Review Current Situation Caused By the Fuel Crisis.

Sri Lankan Forces Captured Nadumkarni In The Mulativue District

Sri Lanka Task Force 4 Today(21) Captured the Nadumkarni Town in the Mulativue District
Defence Sources said.

Prof.Senaka Bibile Organization Complained That Thirty Six Drugs Were Removed From The Hospitals Due To Quality Failure

Professor Senaka Bibile Commemorative Organization Said yesterday(19) that Thirty Six Drug Items Including the Paracetamole and Doxycycline which is Prescribed for Leptospirosis were Removed from the Government Hospitals Recently by the Medical Supples Division(MSD)due to the Quality Failure.Most of these Drugs were Issued to the Patients and were Expired when the MSD Informed the Hospital Authorities to Remove them Dr.Jayatha Bandara The Secretary of the Organization Said.Addressing a press Briefing in Colombo He Stressed that Large Number of Complaints were Received about the Patients who are Developed Side Effects after getting these Drugs.It is sad to see that the Ministry Of Health Perticuely the Health Minister is Trying to Hide these Facts Despite Holding an Inquiry on this by saying that No Drug was Removed From The Hospital Due To Quality Failure.

Lanka Indian Oil To Reduced The Petrol Price From Midnight Today Comply With Supreme Court Order

Lanka Indian Oil Who Owned Substantial Shares In the Sri Lankan Petroleum Industry Decided To Reduce the Price of a Petrol Liter to Rs.100 with the effect from Midnight Today(19) According to the Supreme Court Order.Earlier the Price of a Petrol Liter stood as Rs.122.However Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(CPC) Still Not Reduced their Petrol Prices as the Cabinet not giving Approval to the Supreme Court Order So Far.

Supreme Court Sent It's Order On Petrol Price Reduction To All Parties

Registrar of the Supreme Court says Today (19)that the Copies of the Court Order On Reducing of Petrol Lite To Rs 100 have been sent to All Parties including the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(CPC)and to the Ministry Of Finance.Cabinet which met last night not able to take a decision on reducing the Petrol Price according to the Supreme Court Order saying that they still not received the Copy of the Court Order.Meanwhile Large Queue s have Seen In front of the Fuel Filling Stations Today like in the Previous day due to the Rumors of Petrol Shortage.

Fire Brigades Control The Fire At Lucky Plaza

Fire Brigades were able to Control the Spreading of the Fire further which broke out in Lucky Plaza Building,Colpetty which is in heart of colombo This Noon.Fire Fighters Rushed in to the Scene Soon after the Fire Broke Out.Army and the Police helped them to Rescue Dozens of Locals And Foreigners who were trapped inside the Building.The Fire is said to be started in the second floor and Spread towards the other floors afterwards.The Reason Behind the Fire is Still Not Known.

Mohan Peris Appointed As The New Attorney General

President's Counsel Mohan Peris Sworn in as Sri Lanka's New Attorney General Before the President Mahinda Rajapaksha This Morning(18).He is Currently the Legal adviser to the Ministry Of defense.The Post of the Attorney General is V accent since last October after the Former Attorney General C.R De Silva's Retirement.

Cabinet Today Summon The Supreme Court Order On Reducing The Petrol

Cabinet is Due to Meet again This Evening To Review and Taken a Decesion to Reduce the Price Of Petrol Litre to Rs.100 according to the Supreme Court Order.Supreme Court yesterday Ordered Ceylon Petroleum Corporation(CPC) to Reduced the Petrol Litre effect from Midnight Yesterday(17) and the Copy of this order is due to send to the Cabinet Today..However Government yesterday Night said that the Price of the Petrol Litre will remain same till the Cabinet Receive the Copy of the Supreme Court Order.

World Bank Granted Rs.350 Million For Preventing The Spreading Of Avian Flu In Sri Lanka

World Bank has Granted Rs 350 Million For Take Measures to Prevent Spreading of Avian Flu In Sri Lanka Deputy Director General Of Health Services(Public Health)Dr.Palitha Mahipala Said Today(17).Health Ministry already Uplifted The Standard of the Government Hospital Laboratories,Conducting Awareness Programmes For Hospital Staff on Avian Flu and Bought medicinal Drugs for the Flu by using this Grant He Stressed.
At Present there is No Threat of Spreading Avian Flu in Sri Lanka but If the Disease is Spreading in our Neighboring India and Pakistan there is a risk of Transmitting the Disease here as well He Added.Dr.Mahipala Revealed this at a Seminar Held This Morning At the Health Education Bureau Regarding the Avian Flu.

Supreme Court Ordered To Reduced The Price Of The Petrol Litre From Tonight

Supreme Court Ordered that Petrol Prices to be reduce to Rs.100 Per Liter with the effect from Midnight Today(17).Now the Price of the Petrol Liter is Rs.134.Recently Government Reduced the Price of the Petrol Litre by Rs 20.However still the Public Transport Authorities and the Bakers are not providing the Benefit of these price reductions to the consumers by reducing the prices of Bus Tickets and Bakery Products.The Prices Of these still stands the same.

Health Minister Said That Using Of Expired Blood Kits Was A Technical Mistake

The Using of Expired Blood Kits by the National Blood Center and the Few Allied Blood Banks On Patients was a Technical Mistake and the Public Services Commission will take A Disciplinary Action against those Involved in this Incident after the end of the ongoing Inquiry Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva said today(16).Charge Sheets were Issued against those who were found Responsible of Using Expired Blood Kits Minister stressed During a Press Briefing held regarding this at the National Blood Centre,Narahenpita Today.He said that People not need to panic on using those Expired Blood Kits as a Inquiry Conducted by the Special Expertise penal Found that the Patients who were Subjected for using these Blood Kits are out of danger.Some Thirty Eight Patients who were given these Blood Kits found to be Normal Minister Added.If some One Accused that due to the using of these Expired Blood Kits Caught some Infection Ministry will Arranged a Special Inquiry on that Health Minister Further Added.The Inquiry Report On The Harmful Affects Of the Expired Blood Kits conducted by the Expertise Panel Handed Over To the Health Minister Recently.

Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff To Resume Chemo Therapy Treatment After Winning Their Demands

The Nursing Staff Of the Cancer Hospital Suspended Their Trade Union Action Of Stop Performing the Chemo Therapy Treatment for Cancer Patients this Evening after they Received a Favorable Response For their Demands.Health Secretary Dr Athula Kahanda Liyanage Promised the Nursing Staff Representatives and Nursing Unions to Conduct a Special Training Course on Chemo Therapy for the Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff,To Build
A Special Unit To Ensure the Safety of the above Treatment and To Consider the Increasing of the Proposed Rs.3000 Risk Allowance to Rs.10,000 during the Discussion held This Evening at the Ministry Of Health.Health Secretary Promised the Nursing Staff Representatives that
a decision will taken Regarding the Increasing of the Risk Allowance to Rs.10,000 after
Consulting the President Mahinda Rajapaksha this Thursday.
Nursing Staff of the Cancer Hospital Temporally Suspended their Five Day old Trade Union Action On Chemo Therapy Last Evening after Health Ministry Offered them a Discussion on their Demands today.The Chemo Therapy will Fully Perform on Cancer Patients From Tomorrow Cancer Hospital Nurses said.Due to the Stop Performing of this treatment in Last five days around 400 to 500 Out Door and Indoor Cancer Patients underwent Hardships.

Supreme Court Rules Taxes Imposed On Petrol Should Not Exceed It's Cost

Supreme Court Yesterday(15) Rules that Taxes Imposed on Petrol Should not Exceed it's Cost.Court also Suspends the Deputy General Manager of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation over the Hedging Deal.

Prices Of Milk Powder To Be Reduced From Today

The Prices Of 400 Grammes and 1 kilo Milk Powder Packs will Reduced with the Effect from Today(15) Consumer Affairs Minister Bandula Gunawardana said.According to the New Revised Prices A Price of a 400 Grammes Milk Powder Pack will Reduced by Rs.15 and 1 kilo Pack will Reduced by Rs.50.

Cancer Hospital Nurses Temporaraly Halt Their Trade Union Action And Resumed Chemo Therapy Treatment

Nursing Staff of the Cancer Hospital,Maharagama who are stopped Performing Chemo Therapy Treatment For Patients since Last Wednesday(10) Temporarily Suspend their Action Till Tomorrow Evening (16) Cancer Hospital Sources said .This was due to the Discussion offered to them By the Health Secretary tomorrow to Announce the Solutions given to their Demands.Due to the Halt of the Trade Union Action Chemo Therapy Treatment to the Indoor Patients in the Cancer Hospital Resumed This evening after Five Days Hospital Sources said.However According to the Nursing Unions this Action is halt till the End of tomorrow's Discussion.This Discussion is Scheduled to be Held on 4 P.m Tomorrow at the Ministry Of Health with the participation of the Representatives of The Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff and the Nursing Unions. In an Earlier Development Health Ministry canceled the Proposed Meeting with the Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff in last minute Scheduled to be held This Evening .Giving No Particuler Reason For the Cancellation of the Discussion Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage Says that There is no need to Discuss the Demands of the Cancer Hospital Nurses further as the Ministry has Already Gave Solutions to their demands.However the Solutions will be Discussed during the reschedule Meeting held in Tomorrow He stressed.
Meanwhile The President of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) Saman Rathnapriya Said that the Cancellation of the Proposed Discussion on Nurses Demands Proved that the Health Ministry Is Paying little Attention to solve the Chemo Threrapy Issue and the Lives of the Cancer Patients Who are in Danger due to to not Receiving the Chemo Therapy Treatment as a Result of the Nurses Trade Union Action.The Chemo Therapy Treatment Not Given to both Indoor and Outdoor Cancer Patients for the Sixth Day This Evening (15)According to the Hospital Sources.

Chemo Therapy Issue-Health Ministry To Meet The Demands Of The Cancer Hospital Nurses

As the Trade Union Action Of the Cancer Hospital Nurses On Stop Performing the Chemo Therapy Treatment On Patients Has entered it's Fifth Day The Ministry Of Health Today(14)Decided To Implement A Proper Training Programme For The Nursing Staff Of The Cancer Hospital On Chemo Therapy Treatment and to Create a Safety Environment In the Cancer Hospital for This Treatment as Demanded by them.Under This the ministry will Implement a Training Programme On Chemo Therapy with the Assistance from the World Health Organaization and also Decided to Build a Unit For Storing and Issuing Chemo Therapy Injections and Issuing Safety Masks For the Nursing Staff Involved in this Treatment Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage said."We already sent Our decision to the Salary and Census Commission Seeking the Approval to Increase the Risk Allowance paid to The Health Staff Of The Cancer Hospital Involve in Chemo Therapy From Rs 500 to Rs.3000" He stressed.Health Secretary also Said that Tomorrow he will Inform The Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff on These Decisions.
Meanwhile The Trade Union Action of the Cancer Hospital Nursing Staff Entered it's Fifth Day Today as They Didn't Perform Chemo Therapy Treatment For the Cancer Patients.

CIMA-UK Suspended Their Sri Lankan Divisional Body Due To Governance Failures

CIMA(Chartered Institute Of Management Accountants-UK Suspended their Sri Lankan Divisional Council of The Institute Due To Governance Failures According to the Statement Issued by the Institute Today(13).However CIMA-UK Said that this will not make any impact on their Services.Meanwhile the President Of the CIMA-UK -Sri Lankan Divisional Council Gowrey Shanker Says that the Their Council Is a Role Model Of a Good Governance.

Chemo Therapy Issue-Nurses Of the Cancer Hospital Want Health Ministry To Meet Their Demands In Proper Way

The Nursing Staff of the Maharagama Cancer Hospital who stopped performing Chemo Therapy Treatment for the Cancer Patients said that if the Health Ministry Agrees to Implement a Programme to Give them Proper Training On Chemotherapy Treatment and Providing them Safety Kits to Avoid infecting Radiation they will Resume the performing of the Treatment.Health Ministry only Pay Attention for the Paying of Risk Allowance and not the Above Demands A Senior Nursing Official says.Around 327 Nurses at the Cancer Hospital Away from the Chemo Therapy Treatment for the Third Day today(12) leaving 400-500 Cancer Patients are at Risk of Developing their Cancers Hospital Sources said.Meanwhile The Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage Said that A Meeting is Arranged with the Nursing Staff Representatives of the Cancer Hospital and the Nursing Unions On this Monday at The Ministry Of Health Regarding their Demands.

Nursing Staff Of The Maharagama Cancer Hospital Stopped Chemo Therapy Treatment-Large Number Of Cancer Patients Are In Danger

The Nursing Staff Of the Maharagama Cancer Hospital the only State Owned Cancer Hospital in Sri Lanka Stopped performing Chemo Therapy Treatment for the Cancer Patients Since Yesterday and the lives of 400 to 500 Cancer Patients Receiving this Treatment are in Danger Due to this Hospital Sources said.Nursing Staff Stopped Performing Chemo Therapy Treatment Demanding giving them a Proper Training on this Treatment and Introduce a Special Security System on this Therapy A Senior Nursing Officer said."We are Demanding these From the Health Ministry within the last twelve years but Ministry Authorities Continuously Failed to Meet our Demands.So we have no other option then Going for this Action" He further Added.
Due to The Nursing Officers Trade Union Action Large Number of Outdoor and Indoor Patients are Suffering Hospital Authorities said.Meanwhile Some Trade Unions said the Nursing Staff who are in the Trade Union Action Demands Rs 10,000 Risk Allowance which they Did not mention openly.However Ministry Of Health Today Said that the Rs 500 Risk Allowance Paid to the Some of the Nursing Staff of the Cancer Hospital is Increased to Rs.3000 and all the Health Staff Involve in this Trearment WILL receive this.But the Nursing Officers of The Cancer Hospital said that the Ministry Officials Promised this Increased Allowance Three Months ago But the Authorities Still failed to Issue a Circular Regarding this Increased Allowance Up to Date.

Health Ministry Official On Tender Freud

In a New Tender Freud Case reported from The Ministry Of Health A Senior Official of the Ministry is trying to Award the Tender for Cleaning Services of the State owned Hospitals Next year to the Company Presented Highest Bid Instead there are Companies Presented Lower Bids for the Service.According to the Ministry Sources Above Official who is also the the Chairman of the Technical Evaluation Committee of the Tender is Continually Influencing the other Three Health Ministry Officials who are members of the Committee to Sign the Docuements to Handover the Tender to the Highest Bid.But Despite His Influence the Remaining Three Members of the Evaluation Committee Are on the View that this Move is Unjustified when there are lowest bids for the offer.These Members Complained On this to the Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage and to the President to Take Necessary Action Taken to Avoid of Awarding the Tender to the Highest Bid.This Tender is Worth Rs.240 Million and Seven Local Cleaning Companies Presented their Bids for the Tender.

Cancer To Be Replaced Heart Diseases As The Number One Killer By 2010

Cancer will Replaced Heart Diseases as the World's Number One Killer by the year 2010 According to the Latest Report Issued By the World Health Organization(WHO) on Tuesday.The Rising of the Tobacco Use in the Developing Countries is the main Reason Behind this Situation where around 40 percent of Tobacco Users are live in China and India.If the Cancers are not diagnosed Earlier 27 Million Cancer Patients and 17 Million Cancer Deaths will be Reported Annually by the year 2030.International Health Experts said that there will be 1 Percent Annual Rise of the Global Cancer Patients and the Deaths by then .WHO Report also stated that the number of Global Cancer Patients at the end of this year will be 12 Million and there will be 7 Million Cancer Deaths.There is a steady Growth on Cancers in Countries like Russia,China And India the Report Stressed.

Colombo Urban Council Filed Court Cases Against Four People And Companies Against Pasting Posters

Colombo Urban Council Filed Court Cases Against Four Persons and Companies who Pasted Posters on the Walls of Public Places And Houses within the Colombo City Limits Chief Medical Officer Of The Colombo Urban Council Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam Said Today(09).A Tution Master and a Telecommunication Company are among those Accused he stressed.Under the Section of Preventing Harassment OF THE 81st Interim Resolution of the 8th Section in the Urban Council Act, Pasting Posters and Announcements Within the Walls of Public Places and Houses Are Illegal but the Law is not Imposed against this So far He said.In Future No Person will allowed to Paste Posters and Announcements within the Colombo City Limits and Legal Action will taken Against those who are doing so He further Added.

Two Essential Breast Cancer Drugs Are Out Of Stock -The Lives Of The Patients Are In Danger

Two Essential Drugs Prescribed For Breast Cancer Patients are Out Of Stock at the Sri Lanka's Only State Run Cancer Hospital The Maharagama Cancer Hospital and Due to this Around Two Thousand Breast Cancer Patients Getting Treatment From the Hospital have to Purchase these Expensive Drugs from the Private Sector Oncologists said Today(08)."Anasterazole" and"Leterazole" the Medicinal Pills Prescribed for Breast Cancer need to take Daily by the patients up to one Month are out of stock these days According to the Oncologists.One Pill from these will cost More than 400 Rupees and Most of the Patients are not able to Afford it Due to the Higher Prices they said. If these Patients are not taken medicine properly there is a Risk of increasing their Cancer they stressed.
Meanwhile Instead of Supplying these Out Of Stock Drugs the Authorities Supplied another Cancer Drug called "Examethazine"to Replace them which is normally not Prescribed for the Breast Cancer Hospital Sources said.But Due to the Strong Side Effects of this Drug Doctors avoid Prescribing of it to the Patients sources further Added.

UNP Handover A No Confidence Motion Against The Government

Sri Lanka's Main Opposition Party the United National Party(UNP) Handed Over a No Confidence Motion Against the Government to the Parlimentary Secretary This Noon.UNP Last Week Requested a Special Debate on the Corruption Activities Within the Government especially the Recent Hedging Deel.Meanwhile The Third and Final Vote of the Present Government's Third Budget will be held this evening.

A Five Point Agenda On Reducing Inequality In The Asian Region Launched

United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) Today(05) Launched A Five Point Agenda on Reducing the Inequality and Distributing the Benefits of the Economic Development among
the People and All Classes in a Country and between the Countries in Asian Region. Experts who prepared this Agenda warned that there should be a Social Strife if not Reducing the Inequality of the Societies in Asia.The Facts in this Agenda are Based on the Findings of Research and Policy Dialoges Carried out by the UNDP And foreign Experts Professor Frances Stuart Of the Oxford University and Sir Richard Jolly in the Countries of Sri Lanka,Nepal,India,Indonesia and Timor-Laste.Speeking at this Occasion held in Hotel Taj Samudra,Colombo The Head Of the UNDP Asia And Pacific Regional Office IN Colombo Mr.Omar Norman says the Recent Mumbai Attacks Shown that Terrorism Is a Threat to the Human Development and their is a Direct Relationship between the Inequality and Conflict.As Inequality In the Society Increases the Poverty in The Urban Areas are in Rise.He also Stressed That Now The People Living with Extreme Poverty in the Asia Pacific Region is Exceeding than the People in the Sub Saharan African Countries.There are Around 900 Million People In Asia and Pacific Region Living with Extreme Poverty Mr.Norman Added.

Depression In Bay Of Bengal Towards Batticaloe To Turn Into A Cyclone?

Due to the Depression Developing in Bay Of Bengal Located 650 Kilo Meters East Of Batticaloe there's a Threat that will intensify into a Tropical Cyclone The Meterological Department warned Today(05).

Prices Of Petrol And Furnace Oil To Be Reduced From Midnight Today

Prime Minister Rathansiri Wickramanayaka Today(05)announced in Parliment that the Prices of Petrol and Furnace Oil Reduced by Rs.20 and Rs.10 Respectively effective from Midnight Today.