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Monday, November 12, 2018

GOLDEN MELODIES

Local Patients Ate In Danger Due To Prescribing Of Anti Biotics Unneccassirily For Viral Infections -Professor Priyadarshani Galappaththy

Due to prescribing Anti biotic drugs unnecessarily for Virus infections including cough and cold and prescribing them without a limit, lives if many local patients are at risk according to Professor of Pharmacology in Univarsity of Colombo Professor PriyaDarshani Galappaththy.

Addressing a media seminar on "Correct usage of Drugs "held at Health Promotions Bureau in Colombo yesterday (12)Professor Galappaththy has stressed it is Duty of Both doctors and patients to save Anti Biotics for treating the major bacterial infections without use them unnecessarily for viral infections as many bacterial infections now proved as resisted to Anti Biotics.

Due to the Anti Biotics resistance Only few Antibiotics have been introduced to the market during last few years and as a result an Antibiotics shortage has been created she has said .

Six HIV Infections Per Week Reported In The Country -Anti STD/AIDS Campaign

Six HIV/AIDS virus infected persons are

being reported per week in Sri Lanka at present and around 4200 persons have been estimated as living with HIV/AIDS virus in the country according to National Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STD)/AIDS Campaign.

The highest number of HIV Infections in history which was 285 infections had been reported last year the Programme has revealed.

Although Sri Lanka is being rated as a country of low prevalence regarding HIV /AIDS ,The risky behaviours causes the infection are on the increase it has been revealed.

A Police Constable Died After Falling From A Private Bus

A 56 year old Police Constable has died

after falling from a Private Bus travelling from Colombo to Matara in front of Hikkaduwa Long Distance Bus stand yesterday (12).

The critically injured Police Constable who was a resident of Thoranagalwatte ,Hikkaduwa had succumbed to his injuries after admission to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.

The deceased was attached to Expressway tourism Division at kurundugahahathapma .