Four Member Special.Investigation Board Will Be Appointed To Probe On Dr.Safi -Hearth Minister

Four Member Special Investigation

Board comprising of Three Gynaecologists  (VOG) and a number of Sri Lanka Medical Council will be appointed to investigate charges against Dr Mohommad Siyabdeen Shafi a senior doctor attached to Kurunagala Teaching Hospital according to Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne .

This Investigation Board will conduct an investigations coincides with the investigations carried out by Criminal Investigations Department  (CID)against the doctor Minister has stressed .

Addressing the mesia at Temple Trees in Colombo Health Minister has stated that charges levelled against Dr.safi over performing illegal sterilisation on women at Kurunagala Hospital. However even performing a CeaserIan Surgery is a team.work."VOG there who is the surgeon and assistant doctors , Nurses and attendants too participating for the surgery .So if something like illegal sterilisation occurred  after the surgery the whole team should be responsible "Minister has said .

Minister has also accepted that he is responsible for submitting a cabinet proposal to appoint Dr.safi to Dambulla Hospital after the doctor who had resigned from his career to contest the 2015 general elections had appealed to re appoint him as a doctor following the election defeat.

D safi was not charged on any offence then and if he found guilty over medical negligence he will be punished according to law Minister has said.

Five Thowheeth Jamaath Suspects Arrested In Horowpathana Area Had Been Remanded

Kabithigollawa District Court had today

(27) remanded the five suspects arrested in Horowpathana area over having close relationship with Extremist Organization Thowheeth Jamaath and it's leader Mohommad Zahran Hashim until 04 th of June after being produced before the Court .

The five suspects who had been arrested in Horowpathana were also charged of delivering extremist preaches to public in several areas including Anuradhapura and Trincomalee areas .They had been distributed Lacks of Rupees among Muslim community in these areas during preaches according to Police.

A principal of an Arabic school and a sub teacher are among those remanded today .

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A Person Was Killed After Colliding With A Mail Train

A 61 year old person had been killed

after colliding with a night mail Train travelling from Kankasanthurai to Colombo last night (26)at Iranamadu in KilinochchI area .

The body of the deceased who was a resident of Iranamadu area brought to Mankulam Train station and then sent to KilinochchI Hospital for the post mortem. 

Health Ministry To Introduce E Procurement Procedure To Speed Up Purchasing Of Drugs And Medical Devices

Ministry Of Health has decided to

introduce E -procurement procedure to speed up purchasing of Drugs and Medical devices to the Government Hospitals.

Earlier it was taken 09 months to purchase Drugs and Medical devices to Government sector through the current procurement procedure which the Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne had  reduced to three months after assuming duties as Health Minister according to the Ministry.

Due to the E-Procurment  procedure that time period can be reduced further Ministey has stated .A group of Health Ministry officials is  due to  received a training in China regarding E procurement procedure before implementing it here.

Countries like India and Malaysia had been managed to minimise fraud and corruption occurred during purchasing Drugs and Medical Devices through the E-Procurement procedure Ministry has stressed .

National Drug Authority Had Increased Prices Of 64 Drugs By 14 Percent

National Drug Regulatory Authority

had  increased the prices of 64 Drugs by 14 percent with effect from 11th of May 2019 due to rising of Sri Lankan Rupee against the  US dollar up to Rs.183 according to the Ministry Of Health.

Prices of 64 Essential Drugs including "Metformin "prescribe for Diabetes, "Atovastatin "for Cholesterol, Blood Pressure drugs "Amlodipin ","Losarten" and Amoxacylin had been increased accordingly and a Gazette Notification has been issued by the Drug authority regarding the price increase.

Health Minister Dr .Rajitha Senaratne has stressed that the prices of these drugs will be reduced soon after the decreasing the value of a Rupee against US Dollar .The new prices of the mentioned drugs should be displayed in all pharmacies and Food and Drug Inspectors will carry out inspections in pharmacies to monitor this ,minister has stressed .

Although the prices of these drugs had been increased through a Gazette Notification Drug companies have increased prices of essential drugs since this January due to the depreciation of Sri Lankan Rupee against the  US Dollar .