Doctors Transfers Crippled ECT -ICU And Eye Clinic Of Krapaitiya Hospital

The Emergency Trauma  Center -Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Eye Clinic of Karapitiya Teaching Hospital  have been crippled due to the transferring  of doctors attach to these units without getting replacements according to hospital sources.Four out of Fourteen medical officers attach to Emergency Trauma Unit ICU and five anesthetists out of eight anesthetists attach to eye  clinic were transferred to other hospitals without any replacement hospital sources added.

Due to this situation the said ICU has not admitting any new patients to the unit and Eye Clinic has  crippled and  performing normal eye surgeries have been postponed.

The Vacant Director Post Has Crippled The Activities Of Anti Malaria Campaign

The activities of Anti Malaria Campaign have been crippled since 26th of September due to the   director  post been  fallen vacant   Anti Malaria Campaign sources said.

Besides  the  early retirement of   former director of the campaign Dr.Sarath Deniyage who was deceased last Friday  after retiring    from his post on 26th of September, the other most senior medical officer working at the campaign who is due to be appointed as acting director  too  left  the country  early last month for three months period paralyzing the activities of the campaign further sources added.

In addition other medical officers attach to Anti Malaria Campaign have been transferred to other hospitals or health institutions under the Annual Transfer Scheme and  there are no medical officers in the  campaign at present

Met Department Has Warned Thunder Showes With Strong Winds Will occur in many coastal araes

The meteorology department has today(05) issued  a warning stating that strong winds up to 80 kilo meters per hour assist with mini  showers or thunder showers  will be experienced  in deep shallow sea areas.according to the department showers or thunder showers will occurred in the shallow sea areas

Met Department has said that strong  winds  and thunder showers will occur in deep shallow areas extended from puttalam to Hambanthota via Galle and sea areas will be rough and dangerous during showers the department has revealed.

Sri Lankan Army Has Destroyed The Secret Underground Bunker Of LTTE Leader

Sri Lankan Army has demolished the underground bunker of slained  LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabakaren located in Pudukuduirippu in Northern Province.according to military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya the bunker was detonated and destroyed as it is useless to keep LTTE Monuments.the demining operations are being carried out in the area where the bunker has located he has further said.

The destroyed secret bunker has believed to be sheltered the LTTE leader as well as other top tiger leaders.

Twelve Indian Drug Companies To Be Banned After Bangaldeshi Made Drugs Are Available In Government Hospitals-Dr.Hemantha Beneragama

"After making arrangements to purchase required medicinal drugs directly from Bangladeshi Government, 12 Indian Drug Companies who are currently supplying drugs for Government Hospitals due to be banned in basis of supplying low quality drugs"the director of National Drug Authority Dr.Hemantha Beneragama has said today(04).

Addressing a press briefing held at Ministry Of Health this morning Dr.Beneragama has said that those Drug Companies due to be banned have found guilty of supplying low quality drugs to Sri Lanka however at present not able to ban them due to the difficulty of finding  another supplier immediately ."those drug companies including the four indian drug companies which were earlier banned even supplied some life saving drugs "he has revealed.those four indian companies which received concession by lifting the ban imposed on them few day back,  have supplying 122 drugs to Sri Lanka and out of these 116 drugs which are in good quality allow to use in government hospitals in temporary basis dr.beneragama has said.the remained six drugs which proved as in low quality were banned already he further added.

Meanwhile addressing the gathering Minister Of Health Maithripala Sirisena has said that the Bangladeshi Minister Of Health is due to arrive Sri Lanka shortly to sign a memorandum with Sri Lankan Government on supplying drugs to Sri Lanka."the Ministry Of Health is also examining the possibility of purchasing good quality drugs from government owned drug companies in Thailand as well as improving local production of  western drugs to assure the supplying of good quality drugs for Sri Lankan patients in future "he has further said.

Medical Supplies Division Has Instructed All Government Hospitals And Pharmacies To Re Issue 140 Banned Drugs

 The  Medical Supplies Division(MSD) has instructed all government hospitals and pharmacies through a special circular to re issue  140 drug varieties  which were withdrawn from government hospitals and pharmacies two weeks back citing they are in low quality the said circular has  been issued on 01st October.

The Health Ministry has even banned four Drug Companies supplied these drugs to hospitals and pharmacies and instructed authorities to purchase drugs from Bangladeshi Government directly.however  that programme has not yet implemented as well and  substitute drugs for the withdrawn drugs too not yet imported as planned health ministry sources said.

Among the drugs that were withdrawn from the hospitals two weeks back are drugs prescribed for major diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure ministry sources have added.soon after the stocks of the said drugs were withdrawn a drug shortage appeared in government hospitals ,hospital sources have revealed.

Millions Of Rupees Worth Lab Equipment And Chemicals In Hospital Path Labs Are In Decay And Prone To Be Stolen Due To Lack Of Storage Facilities

The millions of rupees worth Laboratory Equipments and chemicals supplied to Government Hospital Path Labs   are in decay and prone to be stolen  due to the limited storage facilities available in hospital labs to store them according to Sri Lanka Medical Laboratory Technology Officers Association.the association has also said that due to the limited number of space available to store these equipment and chemicals they have stored in an insecure manner .

In some of the government hospitals the space that can be used to store lab equipments and chemicals have been utilized by higher officials of the hospitals for their personal use association has revealed.

" Lab Equipment in some hospital path labs   were even stolen and the chief/senior medical laboratory technical officers who are in charge of path lab stores are the ones who became  victims on this and they  have paid a compensation from their salaries for such damages many times in the past "a senior member of the association Mr.Saman Jayasekera has said.as these chief medical laboratory technology officers have not received a special allowance for their duties like inventory officers who are in charge of other hospital stores the medical laboratory technical officers association has requested the health ministry to pay a special allowance for their officers also.

Also the association has informed the ministry to allocate enough space for storage facilities in path labs  on the newly built hospital buildings.