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Strike Launched By GMOA Is A Politically Motivated One -Health Minister

The island wide strike launched by the Government

Medical Officers Association today (22)as a protest against the attack on student protestors yesterday is a clearly a politically motivated action according to the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

Government will take an action which will be not taken previously against the strike and public too will be responded against this unfair strike soon he has stated during a press briefing held in Government Information Department at Narahenpita today.

Government Medical Officers Association has launched an island wide strike from 8 a.m to 12 noon today and later decided to continue the strike against attacking the student protestors at the Health Ministry.Some of the OPD's and clinics in government hospitals have been paralyzed due to the strike.

However other hospital activities functioning normally as the specialist doctors have reported to work .

Maligakande Chief Magistrate Has Ordered To Remand Tampitiye Sugathanande Thero Over Damaging Health Ministry Properties

Maligakande Chief Magistrate has today (22)ordered

to arrest and remanded the convener of the Inter University Bhikku Federation Tampitiye Sugathanand a Thero who was injured and admitted to the Accident Ward of Colombo National Hospital during yesterdays attack in Health Ministry Premises until 05th of July .

The suspected Thero has been ordered to remand by the Magistrate after seeing him in the ward over forcibly entered to the Health Ministry premises yesterday and damaged properties there.

A Doctor Had Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Fight Erupted Among Few Doctors On SAITM

A doctor had injured and hospitalized after a fight

erupted between a group of doctors on SAITM Issue this evening (22)during a Tea break of an intelectual seminar held at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo regarding the SAITM issue it has been reported.

The injured doctor had been admitted to the Accident ward of Colombo National Hospital .

Two doctors attached to the Government Medical Officers Association reported as attacked the injured doctor after an argument occurred on SAITM issue developed into a fight.

Maradana police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Students Attached To Five University And Medical Faculties Conducted Protest Campaigns Against Yesterdays Attack

Students attached to the two medical faculties and

three universities have conducted protest campaigns today (22) in colombo and outstations against the yesterdays attack on university and medical students protested in the Health Ministry premises.

Accordingly the colombo Medical Faculty students action committee has organized a protest campaign against the attack in Town Hall this evening and karapitiya Medical Faculty Students organized a protest campaign in Galle.

A students attached to Peradeniya,Kotte Sri Jayawardenapura and Sabaragamuwa Universities have prorested in front of their universities against the attack.Due to the protest campaign held in Town Hall a heavy traffic reported from the area.