First Ever Asia Pacific Stroke Conference Held In Sri Lanka Began Yesterday

The first ever Asia Pacific Stroke Conference to be held in Sri Lanka is currently underway at Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo.More than 400 Foreign Delegates have been registered for this International Conference with 45 renowned International Stroke Specialists attending the three day Conference which will be ends tomorrow(01) according to the Dr.(Mrs) Padma Gunaratne the co chair person of the Conference and  head of the Stroke Unit of Colombo National Hospital .

Addressing a press briefing held at Cinnamon Grand Hotel yesterday regarding this Conference which started yesterday Dr.Padma Gunaratne has said that the number of deaths occurred due to Stroke is in increase in  Sri Lanka.According to the latest statistics available around 3012 Stroke patients have died after admitted to Government Hospitals in the year 2008 she stressed.

High Blood Pressure,Diabetes,High Cholesterol ,Lack of Physical Activity,Obesity are identified as the Risk Factors which caused the Stroke and people are advised to rushed the people to hospitals who are having the Stroke Symptoms such as a severe headache ,loss of the sight of one or both eyes,dizziness,loss the balance or coordination of the body and disability to speak or understand the speeches .

It has been revealed no matter the gender every six seconds a person died in any corner of the world due to the Stroke.

Government Doctors Union To Launched An Island Wide Strike From Monday If The Authorities Failed To Meet Their Demand

The General Assembly of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has decided yesterday to launch an Island Wide Strike on Monday evening if the authorities have failed  to handover the removed personal file of their President Dr.Anurudda Padeniya to him by 12 noon on Monday .

According to the Assistant Secretary of the GMOA Dr.Sankalpa Marasinha, GMOA will decide on Monday  whether the Strike Action is a  One Day Token Strike else a Continuous one .Earlier the Executive Committee of the GMOA has decided to take a stern action against what they called a politically motivated move by  the  Bribery and Corruption Commission officials as they removed the personal file of Dr.Padeniya without a prior notice.

50 Sri Lankans Deported From United Kingdom To Arrive Sri Lanka Tomorrow

A Batch of 50 Sri Lankans who were deported from United Kingdom due to illegal reasons are due to arrive on a Flight to  Sri Lanka tomorrow according to the Minister Counselor (Consular and Immigration) Chaminda Kularatne.

This  Batch of  Sri Lankans which compromised with Sinhalese,Tamils and Muslims were deported due to Illegal stay in United Kingdom and some of them have even denied by granting visas or Political Asylum Mr.Kularatne has  stressed.Due to the  Peaceful Environment prevails in Sri Lanka at present after ending of 3 decade old war against LTTE some members of the group were not granted Political Asylum in U.K he further added.

Government Doctors Union Called An Urgent General Assembly Meeting Tomorrow To Decide Future TU Action

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has called  an urgent General Assembly Meeting tomorrow(29) to decide the future Trade Union action against the harassment faced by  GMOA President Dr.Anuruddha Padeniya with the hands of some   Government Officials.

The Executive Committee which met today has unanimously decided to take a stern action against the harassment faced by their President."However the Trade Union Action that has to be taken will be decided by the General Assembly during tomorrows urgent meeting according to the Assistant Secretary of GMOA Dr.Sankalpa Marasinha.

Dr.Marasinha has said that  under the latest incident the officials of the Bribery and Corruption Commission have removed the Personal File belongs to the GMOA President Dr.Padeniya from the Lady Ridgway Hospital in Colombo where he is working without a prior notice."According to the law if there's a complaint against a Government Servant there's a certain procedure to deal with such a situation and  this is not the way to handle such matters" he stressed.

Recently One Government Minister openly criticized the GMOA President after he expressed his views against the controversial Malabe Private Medical College Issue  and as a response GMOA filed a court case against the Minister claiming to pay Rs.300 million as compensation due to harassing of GMOA President Dr.Padeniya.

National HIV/AIDS Policy Was Launched Today

The much awaited National HIV/AIDS Policy of Sri Lanka was launched today under the patronage of Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena at the "Sawusiripaya" Auditorium in Colombo-07.The Policy which received the Cabinet Approval recently will implement from today onwards according to the Director of National HIV/AIDS-STD Campaign Dr.Nimal Edirisinha.

Preventing Stigma and Discrimination against  HIV Positives is also featured in the Policy.

One Soldier Received Minor Injuries Due To An Explosion At The Weeawila Army Camp

One Army Soldier got injured Due to an accidental explosion took place this evening at  the ammunition dump of  Weerawila Army Camp situated near the   Weerawila Air Force Base .The injured soldier who suffered with minor injuries was admitted to the near by Weerawila Hospital according to the Military Spokesman Brigadier Nihal Hapuarachchi.

Brigadier Hapuarachchi further said that as they are not handling this amount of ammunition and explosives it was an accidental explosion.The explosion was took place around 4 p.m in this  evening at the Ammunition Dump maintained by Gajaba Regiment  and the small explosions with low magnitude were followed thereafter.Weerawila Army Camp is a small Army Camp compromised around 100 soldiers.

Colombo Crimes Division Arrested 199 Suspects Wanted For Drug Dealing,Robbery And Criminal Activities

Under the Special Operation carried out by  Colombo Crimes Division Police Officers during last few days got arrested 199 suspects from Colombo,Colombo North and Colombo Central Police Divisions according to the sources.

Under the operation police got arrested 4 men who wanted in connection with robberies ,16 men on warrants,12 men wanted for number of criminal activities and 59 men for processing kasippu,ganja and heroin the sources added.

During this Operation 21 Motor Bikes and Tri Shaws which  parked in areas where vehicle parking is prohibited were also taken into custody.