Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Sri Lanka Received 4.5 Million Sri Lankan Rupees Worth Drugs To Treat Swine Flu Patients


The Sri Lankan Office Of the World Health Organization to day handover a stock of Medicines,Syrups and N-95 Special Surgical Masks worth 4.5 Million Sri Lankan Rupees for Sri Lankan Health Ministry to use if the Deadly Swine Influenza Flu hit the Island.


The Stock including 15,000 Tami Flu Capsules,270 Bottles of Syrups and 2000 Masks according to the Health Ministry Sources.The WHO Acting Representative to Sri Lanka Dr.Frigdosi Rastum Mehtha handover this Stock to the Health Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva this evening.
Meanwhile Sri Lanka already having Stock of Drugs which can treat 1000 Swine Influenza Patients according to the Ministry.Ministry already prepared 20 wards from 20 Major Hospitals in the Country as Isolated Wards for treating Swine Flu Patients.


The Thermal Scanners installed at the Bandaranayaka International Airport in Colombo to check the Suspected Flu Cases are out of order and they were already sent to Singapore for an Imediate Repair according to the Ministry Sources.

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