Majority Of Government Patients Avoid Buying Prescribed Drugs Due To The Higher Prices

It is Revealed that Most Of the Sri Lankan Patients Going to the Government Hospitals are Avoid of Buying the Expensive Drugs Prescribed By the Doctors to Buy from the Private Sector Due to the Financial Problems they are facing.Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs while Same Kind of Drugs are Available for Lower prices.
Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs for the Patients for Diseases like Diabetes e,Hypertension,Cholesterol,Heart and Kidney Diseases.Some Tablets are Expensive as Rs30 -50 Per Tablet and Most of the Government Patients are not able to Borne the Expenses.
The Result of this is Developing their Diseases Further Hospital Sources said.
Meanwhile The Ministry Of Health says that The Patients Find Difficult to Buying these
Drugs Prescribed by the Doctors is due to they are Prescribed From Trade Names.Due to The Ban Imposed by the Ministry for Prescribing Drugs for the Patients In Trade Names Patients can Request the Doctors to Prescribe the Drugs by Generic Names Instead of Trade Names Ministry Further said.

Troops Captured LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant

Sri Lankan Troops Captured A LTTE Boat Manufacturing Plant East of Pudukudieruppu Area This Morning and Recovered 11 Boats Including 2 Divora and 7 Small Boats There.

Dr.Sarath Amunugama The New Dep.Finance Minister

Minister Of Public Administration Dr.Sarath Amunugama Today(17)Sworn in as the Deputy Minister Of Finance Before the President.He Succeds Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and hold this Portfolio Few years ago.

Troops Liberated The Ramanathanpuram

Troops who are Heading to Capture The Final LTTE strong hold Mulativue District Liberated Ramanathanpuram North East of Iranamadu This Morning.Troops attached to 57th Division of the Army Liberated the Area.

Colombo Municipal Council To Take legal Action Against Those Who Throw Garbage To Road Side

Public Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council Decides to Take a Legal Action against the Residents who are putting their Garbage on The Road sides in Colombo City as a Precaution for Preventing the Spreading of Dengue.This Decision came to Effect From Today The Chief Medical Officer of the Colombo Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam said.During the last 16 days of this Month 38 Dengue Cases Reported from the Colombo City and Out of them 23 were Children According to Dr.Kariyawasam.
January Last Year only 18 Dengue Cases Reported from the City. There is an Out Break of the Disease Due to the Garbage Problem in the City as Mosquito Breeding Places are on Increase He stressed.

Director Post Of Dengue Campaign Vaccant-Dengue Prevention Activities Became Stand Stil

The Director Post of the National Dengue Control Campaign Is Vacant Since Last August And Prevention and Adminstrative Activities of the Campaign Become Standstill Due to this.The Director Post Was Vacant After the Former Director Dr.(Mrs)Lakshmi De Silva Retired from the Service last August.But Since than Ministry Of Health Not Advertise the Post or Appoint An Acting Director To Look after the Activities of the Dengue Campaign.Programmes on Dengue And Chikungunya Prevention Are Implemented by the National Dengue Campaign.
Since Dengue Becomes An Epidemic In Sri Lanka This Campaign is Set Up Implement Dengue Prevention Activities Effectively.

Forces Liberated The Whole Jaffna Penninsula

Sri Lankan Troops Attached to 55th Division Liberated the Whole Jaffna Peninsula From LTTE after Capturing Tiger Held last Area of Chundikkulam This Evening.Minister Keheliya Rambukwella Announced this Short while Ago.