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Colombo Fire Department Made A Complaint To The Police On A Bogus Phone Call

The Colombo Fire Brigade Department has made a

complaint to the Slave Island Police on Tuesday (20)on a bogus phone call received by them regarding a fire.

The Fire Brigade Department has received a phone call stating that there is a fire at Vakande Road,Colombo-02 and after the Department has sent the fire trucks with personal to the given address it has been revealed that no fire was there.

The Fire Brigade has privided the phone number from which they received the bogus information along with the complaint.

Health Ministry Has Launched An Inquiry On Patients Not Receiving The Benefit Of Reduced Cataract Lens Prices

Health Ministry has launched an inquiry on 38

Cataract  Lens companies which  have not provided the benefit of the reduced cataract lens prices to the Cataract patients .

Although the Health Ministry has reduced the prices of 38 varieties of Cataract lenses in the local market recently ,the companies which imported these lenses only given the patients Rs.2000 discount which is not sufficient at all the Ministry has stated.

Cataract patients should have received a discount much more than this according to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

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Cabinet Approved A Proposal On Increasing Bus Fares

Cabinet has approved a proposal on increasing  the

Bus fares by 6.28% with effect from 01st of July.

Due to the increase of Bus fares the minimum fare will be increased from Rs.9 to Rs.10.

Dengue Mosquito Lavae Density In Majority Of 14 Dengue High Risk Zones Increased By More Than Four Times Than The Normal Level

The Dengue Mosquito Lavae Density in Majority of the

14 Dengue High Risk Zones of the island has been increased by more than four times than the normal kevel  at present according to the president of Health Services Entomology Officers Union Najith Sumanasena.

Accordingly the Dengue Mosquito Lavae Density in those Dengue Risk Zones stands as 20 in the Dengue Mosquito Lavae Density meassuring index he has stressed.

Usually Dengue Mosquito Lavae Density stands at below 5 in the meassuring index when Dengue is not spreading as an epidemic and more than 5 in the index means Dengue  spreading at present goes beyond an epidemic level the president of the Entomology Officers Union has stated.

National Dengue Control Unit has stated that 14 Districts including Colombo, Gampaha,Kalutara,Ratna
pura,Galle and Matara have been identified as Dengue Risk Zones.

Meanwhile  as the Dengue Patients in all of the major hospitals are overcrowding at present, Health Ministry has taken steps to transfer Dengue patients admitted to those major hospitals to the hospitals nearby.