Many Houses In Severall Districts Had Been Damaged Due To A Tornado

Many houses at several Districts had

been damaged due to a Tornado blown across those Districts last evening  (23) as a result of the adverse weather prevailing in the island .

More than 60 houses had been damaged due to the Tornado and in  Anuradhapura District alone around 51 houses had been damaged due to it has been revealed .

Six Local Tourists Had Been Critically Injured Due To A Wasp Attack At Entry Road Of Dunhinda Falls

Six local tourists had been critically

injured and hospitalized due to a Wasp attack at Entry road of Dunhinda Water falls this evening (24).

The injured had been admitted to Meegahakiwula and Badulla Hospitals for treatment .

Altogether nearly 30 local tourists who had arrived in to Worship Muthiyanganaya and Mahiyangnaya religious places from Colombo ,Kegalle and Mathugama areas had faced the Wasp attack while on the way to view Dunhinda Falls  it has been revealed. 

Director General Of Health Services Has Instructed Nuwara Eliya Hospital Director To Suspend The Use Of An Eye Injection Temporarily After 17 Patients Developed Complications

Director General Of Health Services

Dr.Anil Jasinghe has instructed the Director of Nuwara Eliya Base Hospital Dr.Aruna Jayasekare to temporarily suspend the use of an Eye injection vial after 17 out of 55 Eye patients who had received the injection at an Eye clinic held in Hospital have developed complications and hospitalization.

The Patients developed complications after receiving the injection are now receiving treatment at Nuwara Eliya Hospital and their condition is improving according to the Hospital Authorities.

However although other Government Hospitals are  using the relevant Injection in their Eye clinics  no complaints have been received on developing complications among the patients Director General Of Health Services Has stated  .

Meanwhile the Eye injection which caused the problem at Nuwara Eliya Hospital had been sent to National Drug Quality Assurance Laboratory for testing it's condition by the Health Authorities.

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne who is currently in New York ,USA to attend a Conference of United Nations has instructed the Director General Of Health Services Dr. Jasinghe to conduct an investigations over the incident. 

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A Person Was Shot And Killed By A Gunman At Hikkaduwa

A 46 year old fisheries Technician was 

killed due to a gun shooting incident  near the Hikkaduwa Post office this afternoon (23).

The critIcaly injured Fisheries Technician had succumbed to his injuries after admission to Balapitiya
Base Hospital.

An unidentified Gunmen arrived in through the Hikkaduwa-Baddegama main road had shot the Technician who was walking on the road and fled away from the scene.

The cause of the shooting has not yet been revealed.

Three Persons Arrested With A Foreign Made Firearm And Bullets

Pallewala Police have arrested three

Persons with a foreign made firearm and 29 bullets in their possession at Pallewala area yesterday (22)as per the information received by the Police.

The three suspects are of the ages 38 and 50 years old and residents of Bokalagama ,Maduragoda and Kalae Liya areas.

The are due to be produced before the Attangalla Magistrate Court.