Health Minister Has Instructed The Authorities To Hold An Inquiry To Find Out Whether The Blood Test Prices Of Dengue Patients Reduced

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has today (20) instructed the Independent Drug Regulatory Authority to hold an inquiry on whether the Private Hospitals and Laboratories in the country are conducting the Full Blood Count(FBC)  and Dengue Antigen/Antibodies Tests for the reduced prices for Dengue Patients as per instructed by the Health Ministry.

Health Ministry has last Saturday(17) instructed the all Private Hospitals and Laboratories to reduce the price of FBC Test to Rs.250 and Dengue Antigen/Antibody Test to Rs.1000 under the Private Medical Institutions Act with effect from yesterday(19).

Those Private Institutes found as not reduce the prices of these Tests for Dengue Patients will be subjected to a legal action the Health Ministry has stated.

The Food and Drug Inspectors attached to the Independent Drug Regulatory Authority are due to inspect the Private Hospitals and Laboratories and submit a report to the Health Minister in this regard.

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Embilipitiya Police have arrested five treassure

hunters who were involved in excavation work in Labuhengoda ,Embilipitiya as per a tip off received by the Police.

Police have taken into custody a backo machine ,machines used for excavation work and religious goods from the site .

Embilipitiya Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

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Opposition Leader Sambandhan Has Informed The Chief Minister Of Northern Privincial Council Vigneshweren That Will Withdraw The No Confidence Motion Against Chief Minister

The opposition leader of the Parliament

R.Sambandhan has informed the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council C.V Vigneshwaren that he will take steps to withdraw the  no confidence motion submitted by 21 Northern Provincial Councillors against the Chief Minister.

Opposition Leader Sambandhan has informed the Chief Minister of Northern Provincial Council that he will withdraw the no confidence motion through the Northern provincial councillors representing TNA .He made these remarks after the Chief Minister Vigneshwaren has told Sambandhan that he will cancel the order made to two provincial council ministers to take one month leave until the investigations on the charges leveled against them have completed.