පිටිකිරි අර්බුදයේ බලධාරී භූමිකාව!

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මෙරටට ආනයනික කිරිපිටි වර්ගවල තිබී ඩී.සී.ඩී. කෘෂි රසායනිකය හමුවීම හා "වේ ප්‍රොaටීන" සංයෝගය සහිත කිරිපිටි වර්ගවල "ක්‌ලොස්‌ටි්‍රඩියම් බොටියුලිනම්" නමැති බැක්‌ටීරියාව අන්තර්ගතව ඇත්දැයි මතුවූ සැකය යන සිද්ධීන් හේතුවෙන් රට පුරා පසුගිය සති තුනක කාලයේ පැවැති උණුසුම්කාරී තත්ත්වය මේ වන විටද පහව ගොස්‌ නොමැති බව පෙනී යයි. කාර්මික තාක්‍ෂණික ආයතනය විසින් වෙළෙඳපළෙහිපැවැති ආනයනික කිරිපිටි වර්ග හතරක ඩී.සී.ඩී. රසායනිකය අඩංගු බවට වාර්තාවක්‌ නිකුත් කිරීමත් සමගම මෙම උණුසුම්කාරී තත්ත්වය හටගත්තේය.

එතැනින් පටන්ගත් ආනයනික කිරිපිටි සම්බන්ධ අර්බුදය එම කිරිපිටි භාවිත කිරීම පිළිබඳව දෙවරක්‌ සිතා බැලීමට ජනතාව යොමු කිරීමට තරම් ප්‍රබල විය. ඩී.සී.ඩී. උණුසුම මතුවී දින කිහිපයක්‌ ගතවූ පසු නවසීලන්තයේ එක්‌තරා ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ කිරිපිටි නිෂ්පාදන සමාගමක නිෂ්පාදනය වෙමින් පැවැති ළමා කිරිපිටි වර්ගයක යොදාගත් "වේ ප්‍රොaටීන" සංයෝගයට කසළ නළයක්‌ හරහා "ක්‌ලොස්‌ටි්‍රඩියම් බොටියුලිනම්" බැක්‌ටීරියාව ඇතුළු වීමේ සිද්ධිය වාර්තා විය. මෙහිදී එම බැක්‌ටීරියාව අඩංගු වූ "වේ ප්‍රොaටීන්" සහිත ළමා කිරිපිටි මෙටි්‍රක්‌ ටොන් 38 ක්‌ චීනය, රුසියාව, හොංකොං ඇතුළු රටවල් කිහිපයකට අපනයනය කර තිබී ඒවා නැවත නවසීලන්තයට ගෙන්වා ගැනීමට අදාළ කිරිපිටි සමාගමට සිදුවිය. රුසියාව, චීනය වැනි රටවල් දෙවරක්‌ නොසිතාම අදාළ විදේශීය කිරිපිටි සමාගමේ නිෂ්පාදනයන් තම රටවල භාවිතය තහනම් කළහ.

Severe Shortage Of Nurses In Government Hospitals Shut Down Several ICU'S-Govt.Nursing Officers Union

Due to the severe shortage of nurses in  government hospitals throughout the island Intensive Care Units(ICU) of most of the  hospitals have already shut down and functioning of specialized units and wards got paralyzed according to Government Nursing Officers Union.around 2 ICU's in neuro surgical unit attach to  Colombo National Hospital have shut down already due to the shortage ,union has said.on another 6 ICU's of the same neuro surgical unit only 19 beds out of 66 total beds there are functioning due to the shortage of nurses a spokesman of nurses union has said.

There's a shortage of 25,000 nurses in government hospitals at present but health ministry has not taken any steps to do away with the shortage the nurses union spokesman has stressed.even 2500 youth selected for nurses training last year still not recruit to nurses training colleges due to poor planning of the health ministry officials he has further said.

South Korean PM Arrived Sri Lanka

The Prime Minister of Republic Of Korea Jung Hong Won arrived Sri Lanka this evening for a 3 day official state visit.this was the first time that a south Korean leader has arrived Sri Lanka after a lapse of 36 years since both countries established diplomatic relations in 1977.

South Korean prime minister is due to hold bi lateral talks with sri lankan president and scheduled to be attended  a meeting of local university students during his visit.

Fonterra Has Resumed It's Operations In Sri Lanka

The New Zealand Dairy Company Fonterra which shut down  their office and manufacturing Plant in Sri Lanka last friday due to security reasons has resumed their operations today(28) according to Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka Private Limited.

The enjoin order avoiding distribution ,selling and advertising of  all milk products belongs to  Fonterra issued by Gampaha District Court based on the contamination of DCD agro chemical in some of fonterra products too has lifted recently. however the injunction order issued by Court of Appeal by avoiding advertising fonterra milk powder products as 100% safe to consume  will be effective until 02nd of September.

 Fonterra Brands Sri Lanka Private Limited has said that they have shut down their office and manufacturing plant here due to safety concerns over  their 755 member staff and assets following  the political party led demonstrations held against the company.

Meanwhile foreign news reports quoted by  New Zealand Ministry Of Primary Industries has said today that   studies conducted in labs had shown that the whey protein concentrate which has said to be contaminated with Bacteria during it's  production at a Plant belongs to Fonterra is not the closteridum botulinum bacteria  causing the disease botulism but a bacteria called closteridum sporogenes which may be associated with food spoilage in elevate levels.

Two Varieties Of Injection Vials Contaminated With Glass Pieces And White Powder Found From Govt.Hospitals

Two varieties of injection vials contaminated with glass pieces and white powder have been found from Ratnapura General and Padukka District Hospitals recently claimed the president of Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) Saman Ratnapriya.according to him the two injection vials "Aciclavoir Sodium" Injection  (250mg)prescribe for Chicken Pox and Encephalitis and Promethazine Hydrochloride (25 mg) (Phenogan) prescribe for vomiting and allergies  have been contaminated with few glass pieces and white powder respectively.

Both injection vials were imported from Indian Drug Companies and the injection vials belongs to  the batches  of  these contaminated injection vials are still use in government hospitals putting  patients lives in danger saman ratnapriya has said.if a contaminated injection vial is  found from a hospital the medical supplies division should have removed all the  stocks of vials belongs to the batch of contaminated injection vial until the inquiry has concluded on it ,but the health authorities have failed to follow this procedure he has stressed.

The president of HSTUA has urged Health Minister to punish the culprits who are  involved in importing these contaminated injection vials to Sri Lanka without limiting it to words.

The batch of injection vial "Aciclavior Sodium" which contaminated with pieces of glass have total of 36,000 injection vials and it worth Rs.3.13  million as one vial costs Rs.87  he said.

Protests Held Against UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay's Sri Lankan Visit

As United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has arrived Sri Lanka for a seven day visit yesterday(25)a large number of supporters belongs to  "Ravana Balakaya" Organization were staged a protest campaign against her visit  in front of United Nations Office In Colombo today(26).the people who gathered in front of United Nations Office were shouted at United Nations Human Rights Commissioner to go home without interfering internal affairs in Sri Lanka.

During her visit here the  Human Rights Commissioner Pillay is due to hold talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksha,Defense Secretary Gotabahaya Rajapaksha and Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksha as well as due to visit war ravaged North and Eastern Provinces to view the situation there.she is also expected to meet several government and opposition party members as well as civil society groups and survivors of the conflict.navi pillay is the most senior UN Official to be visited  Sri Lanka since the end of three decade long civil war in North and East Areas in the year 2009.

Sick Note Campaign Of Perfusionists Stilled 20 Major Heart Surgeries In Government Hospiatals

Due to the two day sick note campaign launched by perfusionists attach to government hospitals around 20 major heart surgeries including Bypass  Surgeries performed in Colombo National,Karapitiya Teaching and Kandy General Hospitals  have been cancelled today according to hospital sources.only emergency heart surgeries have been performed in these hospitals today sources added.

Due to this situation thousands of heart patients awaiting in government hospital awaiting lists have  suffered immensely  and the lists have subjected to be  extended due to the cancellation of surgeries hospitals sources revealed.

Thirty Five Perfusionists attach to these government hospitals have launched a  two day sick note campaign this morning by demanding fair solutions for three of their service demands namely removing their salary anomaly,requesting a risk allowance and permanent extra services allowance for them.

If the demands of perfusionists have not meet during this trade union action perfusionists will not participating on call heart surgeries in near future the president of Government Perfusionsist Union Mrs.Kamani Gunarathne has said.the sick note campaign scheduled to  be continued tomorrow(27) as well.