Patients have to pay a large sum of money to private sector to get these tests done saman jayasekera has said.even ministry of health has failed to issue the circular as promised during last year which direct hospital authorities to stop performing above lab tests through private sector he has further added.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
More Government Hospital Lab Tests Referred To Private Labs
Patients have to pay a large sum of money to private sector to get these tests done saman jayasekera has said.even ministry of health has failed to issue the circular as promised during last year which direct hospital authorities to stop performing above lab tests through private sector he has further added.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Government Hospital PSM's Are To Stage Two Hour Walk Out On 24th Of October
Addressing a press briefing in Colombo today (16) he said that although health ministry officials have issued press releases stating all the major demands of PSM's have been solved not a single demand has received solution except receiving a court order preventing them of launching island wide strike.the PSM's are compromising with government pharmacists,radiographers,medical laboratory technologists(mlt's) physiotherapists and occupational therapists .
Increasing overtime and communication allowances through this year's budget ,granting delayed promotions of psm's belongs to special grade are among the major demands of psm's.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
50KG Cement And Chicken Prices Increased
The prices of 50 KG bag of Cement and Chicken have increased with effect from today(13) according to Consumer Affairs Authority. a 50kg cement bag will be increased by Rs.68-85 and a killo gramme of chicken will be increased by Rs.30 .
Retirement Age Of Public Employees Raised To 60
Earlier the retirement age of public employees was 57 and they need to get approval of their institution heads to obtain extensions.government had taken decision after considering requests of public employees on extending the retirement age.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
University Lecturers Suspend Their Strike And Report To Work On Monday
It has been reported that the government agreed to increase salaries or allowances of university lecturers from the budget proposals due to be presented Parliament in coming weeks.earlier it has been announced that FUTA officials will attend the press briefing held today (11) at higher education ministry on university lecturers salary issue ,but later today FUTA officials have announced that they will not attend that briefing .
Due to the long standing strike of University Lecturers all universities except medical faculties have been closed since 04th of July.the marking of this year's G.C.E Advanced Level answer scripts too got delayed as university lecturers refrained from attending supervising those activities during the strike period.
Meanwhile government medical officers association (GMOA) has been announced today that they will launch an island wide strike action if the government has increased salaries of university lecturers alone.there should be a salary increment to all government sector employees without giving special increment to one category only the media spokesman of GMOA Dr.navin soyza said today.while addressing a press briefing at GMOA Headquarters in Colombo he had stressed that government doctors too should have given a salary increment similar to that of university lecturers .
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Increase In Depression Amongst Diabetic Patients
Also there's an increase on the people suffering from depression amongst patients ur long term illnesses and around 50% of diabetic patients are prone to depression sources said.15% of pregnant mothers are at risk of having depression after delivering their child.
Meanwhile mental health specialists have said that as there is a treatment available for the disease no need to be afraid for the disease anymore.if not treated properly 30% of world population will be suffering from depression during next few years.
Several Essential Drugs And Surgicals Are Out Of Stock In Government Hospitals

The medical supplies division and government pharmacies too are not having stocks of said syringes and other surgical it has been reported. due to this situation patients need to buy these drugs and surgical from private pharmacies by their own expenses.
As emergency surgeries and treatment are in danger due to the shortage of drugs and surgical s many government specialists have now holding discussions to decide whether to continue admitting patients to those units or not .
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