150,000 Sri Lankans Are Living With Blindness

Out of Sri Lanka's  Twenty Million Population ,One hundrad Fifty Thousand people(150,000) are living  with Blindness according to the Health Ministry.Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr P.G Mahipala said today that major cause of this Blindness is due to Cataract.If the people who are having somekind of Eye Disorder go to a Opthamalogist(Eye Specialist) in  early stages and getting treatment this kind of Blindness can be preventable he stressed.

Speeking at the Seminar Organized by the Health Education Bureau in Colombo today  Dr.Mahipala said that among the Sri Lanka's blind People 100,000 are Blind due to Cataract ,6000 due to Diabetese and 15,000 are due to  Glucoma.Out of these Blind People 80 percent can be curable.Other then Cataract other main causes that can leed to Blindness are Glucoma,Cataract  and Childhood Blindness according to the Opthamalogists.

According to them there are 400,000 Sri Lankans  who are having low vision and 160,000 School Children who are suffering with some kind of Eye Disorder.World Sight Day falls on    14th of October and the Ministry of Health has  launched a programme called Vision 2020
with the aim of preventing Blindness among Sri Lankans by the year 2020.                                                                                                                   

Elections Commisoner Received The Repalcement For General Fonseka's Vaccant Seat

Colombo Elections Officer sent the name of Lakshman Nipunaarachci to the Elections Commissioner to repalce General Fonseka who lost his seat yesterday it has been revealed.Elections Commisioner also received a request to gazette the repalced persons name.Nipunaarachchi received next highest preferential votes from the Democratic National Alliance(DNA)after General Fonseka at the last Parliamentary Elections.

One Thousand One Hundrad Fifty Four Institutions Were Issued Notices For Breeding Dengue Mosquitoes

One thousand one hundrad fifty four(1554) owners of Bus Depots,Garages,Tyre sales outlets and other institutions Islandwide were issued  Notices yesterday due to maintaining Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places Health Ministry has announced.During the search operations carried out throughout the island by inspection taems on Dengue Mosquito Breeding places yesterady another 7887 owners of institutons  warned on the ground of having risk areas of Mosquito Breeding.Total of 2317 Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places were found during the Inspection.

The people who received Notices have to face a legal action if they do not clean their premises within a week Health Ministry said.If a legal action is taken then an accused willl charged a fine  up to Rs.50,000

under the Mosquito Breeding Prevention Act.

A total of 11,988 Institutions were inspected by the Inspecting teams yesterday on Dengue Breeding Places.These islandwide Inspections are carried out by the Health Inspection teams during the National Dengue prevention Week which runs till 13th of October.Under these Inspections Health Officials assisted by the Police and Armed Forces will visited the Houses,Schools and other premises to see whether there are Dengue Mosquito Breeding Places.

DNA To Seek Legal Action Against Vaccating Gen.Fonseka's Parliamentary Seat

Democratic National Alliance(DNA) said today that they are going to Supreme Court today against the decision to vaccate  the Parliamentary Seat of their leader and Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka.DNA Secretary MP Vijitha herath said that General Fonseka cannot loose his seat through a  verdict given by a Court Martial which is  not even recognized as a Court by the Judicial Services Act and the Constitution..

Dengue Is In Rise

Thirty one thousand two hundrad eighty four(31,284) Dengue patients and Two Hundrad Twenty Seven Dengue Deaths were reported throughout the Island from January this year to up to now the Epidemeology Unit has been reported.

Within first six days of this month One Hundrad Fifty Dengue Patients were reported throughout the Island.

Health Ministry Banned Drug Like Powder SVS Snuff From The Market

Health Ministry today instructed all the Provincial Health Directors to ban and removed a Powdered substance "SVS Snuff" from the local Market as it has been revealed this powder is reacting like a drug.Director General Of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis today issued a special circular to ban this Substance which already gained popularity among School Children.

Health Ministry said this powdered substance is imported from India illegally and when someone taking this subsatnce he/she got addicted to it.It has been revealed that there is an islandwide programme to popularize this Powder among School Children.

Sobitha Thero Met With An Accident While On His Way To Pooja

The Vehical carried Venerable Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero who organized the Adishtana Pooja to be held in  Dalada Maligawa  in Kandy this evening,demanding the release of former Army Commander General Fonseka  met with an accident this noon at Pitakotte in the Colombo suburbs while he was on his way to Kandy.Later  Thero lodged a complaint to the Police in Mirihana and went to Kandy from a hired Vehical.