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Monday, October 4, 2021

කෙනෙකුට දිවිය පුරා බොහෝ දෙනෙකු හමුවුවද ඇසුරු කළද සැබවින්ම ජීවිතයේ කොටසක් බවට පත් කරගනුයේ හදවතට බෙහෙවින්ම සමීප වූ අය පමණි එවැනි බැදීම් රැකගත යුතු ඒවා මිස බිඳ දැමිය යුතු ඒවා නොවන්නේය . , (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

A 60 Percent Shortage Of Radiographers In Government Hospitals

There's a 60 percent shortage of Radiographers in Government Hospitals at present as a result of the Corona Pandemic according to the Government Radiological Technologists Association .Due to this situation the Association had today (04) made a written request from Director General Of Health Services (DGHS) to increase the retirement age of government radiographers to 63 in view of recruiting more senior Radiographers as a solution for the shortage ,

The increasing of retirement age of Radiographers in Government Hospitals to 63 has been approved by Cabinet sub committee already ,However Cabinet hasn't approved the proposal according to the Radiological Technologists Association ,

Many Radiographers in Government Hospitals are either sick or on leave causing a shortage in Hospitals according to the Dharamkeerthi Epa the secretary to the Association

8000 Health Workers Infected With Corona Virus -14 Died

Up to now around 8000 Health workers had been infected with Corona virus and 14 had died according to the president of Government Nursing Officers Association Saman Rathnapariya ,

Among the Health workers who had died due to Corona infection were Doctors ,Nurses and Minor Staff workers he has stated ,

Meanwhile as Government hospitals had suspended performing daily "PCR " Tests to Hospital staff ,There's a risk of spreading the Corona infection among them according to Health sources ,

43 Corona Deaths Reported Today (04) -18,076 Corona Positives Had Been Recovered And Discharged

A total of 43 Corona deaths had been reported today (04) according to Director General Of Health Services (DGHS).With this the total number of Corona Deaths reported so far had been increased to 12,102 the DGHS has announced .

Accordingly 24 were males and 19 were females it has been revealed .Out of the deceased 31 were over 60 years of age and 12 were belonged to the 30-60 age group .

Meanwhile 18,076 Corona positives had been recovered and discharged from hospitals and quarantine centers today ,increasing the total number of recoveries to 477,374 .

786 Corona Positives Had Been Reported Today (04)

Another 786 Corona Positives had been reported in the country today (04) ,Increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far to 521,218 according to Epidemiology Unit .

At the moment 30,742 Corona positives are being treated at Government /Private hospitals /Quarantine Centers and under Home care system the Unit has stated ,