GMOA Has Requested A Special Commission Similar To Leassons Learnt Commission To Investigate On Deadly Kidney Disease In North Central Province

The Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) has yesterday(28) requested from the Ministry Of Health to appoint a special commission similar to the lessons learnt commission with immediate effect to investigate on the deadly kidney disease spreading in North Central Province since 1998.addressing a press briefing held at GMOA Headquarters in Colombo yesterday the assistant secretary of GMOA Dr.Nalin Ariyaratne has said that it is an urgent need to appoint such a committee as over the years several research teams produced different reasons as the causes for deadly kidney disease in north central province and there's a need to come for a conclusion to find a exact reason for the disease to prevent spreading it further.

 Such a commission should call all research papers issued regarding the kidney disease as an evidences and should come to a conclusion on the main reason behind  the kidney disease dr.Ariyaratne has said.besides that health ministry should have appoint a special officer withing the ministry to collect details on the kidney disease in north central province he has stressed.

Both the World Health Organization and a local research team in Kelaniya University have proved recently that the Arsenic was the main reason behind spreading of the disease but still the director general of health services who is the sole authority responsible in health services has silent over this and still not taken a single  step regarding the matter GMOA Assistant Secretary has said." who will take the responsibility on the deaths of thousand of people especially farmers in north central province who have died due to the disease during past decade ' he has questioned.due to not reaching a final conclusion on the main reason for the disease health ministry has still treat the kidney disease in north central province as an unknown chronicle kidney disease and even postmortems are not conducting over those who are dying due to the disease as the health officials still treating the  reason for the disease as unknown "dr,araiyaratne has further said.

Three Toxic Substances In Pesticides Have Been Identified As The Cause For Chronicle Kidney Disease In North Central Province

Toxic substances Cadmium,Arsenic and Lead contained in Pesticides have been identified as the main causes for the unidentified   chronicle kidney disease spreading in North Central Province according to Advisor of World Health Organization(WHO) Dr.Mrs.Shanthi Mendis.the WHO Research Report issued Today(26) on Chronicle Kidney Disease in the North Central Province has stated that these toxins have contained in urine of kidney patients in the province in levels sufficient to damage the kidneys.

Cadmium has seen in high levels in waters of North Central Province as well as in food and lead too in sufficient levels Dr.Mendis has said.arsenic too contained in medium level and these substances entered in to human body of people in North Central Province through the food chain she has revealed.

While stating that the WHO Research Team on Chronicle Kidney Disease in North Central Province has not underestimated the research done on the disease by a research team in Kelaniya University recently which found high levels of Arsenic contained in Pesticides and Fertilizers imported to Sri Lanka  has caused the spreading of the disease Dr.Mendis has stressed that WHO it self recommended the government to restrict the using of five imported pesticides contained high levels of arsenic in  Sri Lanka.

Dr.Mendis has revealed this at the launching ceremony of  Research Report on Chronicle Kidney Disease in North Central Province compiled by World Health Organization held at BMICH in Colombo.

Meanwhile addressing at the occasion the MP Of Jathika Hela Urumaya Venerable Athuraliye Rathnasara has  said that Pesticides Imported Companies may have bought  local politicians for money to cover the issue of arsenic contained pesticides and fertilizers the same way tobacco companies have done to our politicians.

Land Powers Should Only Vested With Central Government-Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has today(26) unanimously decided that land powers should be vested with Central Government not with the Provincial Councils as stipulated by the 13th amendment of the Constitution.the three member bench compromising Chief Justice Mohan Pieiris ,Justice Eva Wanasundera and Justice S. Sripavan were given three judgments in this regard by stating that  land powers will be vested only with the central government.

Recently some opposition parties have demanded from the government  that Provincial Councils should have given land and police powers vested with government .

Mannar Judicial Magistrate Has Released 41 Detained Tamil Nadu Fishermen

The Judicial Magistrate In Mannar Court(Northern Province) Anandhi Kankarathinam has ordered yesterday(24) to release 41 Tamil Nadu Fishermen from Rameshwaram and Mandapam areas who were in navy  custody.out of these fishermen 21 were arrested on 05th of July and 20 were arrested on 05th of August while illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters.

Although fishermen got released mannar  judicial magistrate has ordered  the detention of  t ten boats which used  by Tamil Nadu Fishermen.these boats are in navy custody at present.

Meanwhile 35 Tamil Nadu Fishermen who were detained by sri lankan navy and released later by Vavuniya Court recently are still there in the country awaiting the releasing of their boats for ferrying them to India.

GMOA To Launch An Island Wide Strike Within Two Weeks

Government Hospital Doctors have decided to launch an island wide strike during next two weeks if the authorities have failed to implement Service Constitution of Doctors  the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has said today(24).

The general assembly of GMOA is due to meet on 29th of this month to decide the dates of the strike it has been revealed.

GMOA Want Hospital Directors To Take Responsibility On Doctors Transfers

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) has said today(24) that if an unit or a ward of a Government  Hospital getting paralyzed due to the transferring of Doctors without having a replacement medical administrators should take full responsibility of that."it is the duty of the Hospital Director to arrange a quick replacement for a transferred doctor of the hospital to maintain patient care service in highest level" the media spokesman of GMOA Dr.Naveen Soyza has said today(24).

"Hospital Directors can find a suitable replacements for transferred doctors withing the hospital it self "says Dr.,Soyza."around  40% out of 3179 annual doctors transfers were already have implemented during last week" he has stressed.

Few Incidents Reported During Northern Provincial Council Elections-N Gopalaswamy

The head of the South Asian Elections Monitory Group which observed the election activities in Northern Provincial Council Elections N.Gopalaswamy has said today(23) that few incidents like changing ballot boxes occurred in some polling booths in Northern Province and they have informed on this to the Elections Commissioner.

Mr.Goplaswamy who is also the former Elections Commissioner in India has said that they will handover a report on their observations done  during provincial council elections in north soon to the Elections Commissioner .speaking at a press briefing held in Hotel Galadari,Colombo this evening he has stressed that the details on whether the election held in free and fair manner too will be revealed through the report.

To make Sri Lankan Election System  a free and fair one more powers should be vested to the Elections Commissioner Mr.Gopalaswami has further said.