Ninety Complaints On Cosmetic Related Allergies Have Been Reported During Last Eighteen Months

During last 18 months(January 2013   to June 2014 )  Around 90 complaints on  cosmetic related allergies have been received from island wide  Sri Lanka Food And Drug Inspectors Association has stated.out of these complaints 22 were received during first six months of this year and 68 complaints  have been received during last year the association has stressed.

While addressing a press briefing held in Colombo yesterday(09) the president of the  Sri Lanka Food And Drug Inspectors Association Mr.Damith Perera has said that these allergies have been caused due to both registered and unregistered cosmetics and majority of them were due to the hair dyes .

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Due to these allergic reactions of cosmetics people should check the registered number ,the manufactured date and the expiry date of the products before purchasing cosmetic products  Mr.Perera has further added.

Circular Issued To The School Canteens Banning selling Of Soft Drinks And Short Eats Still Inactive

The Circular issued by the Ministry Of Education on 2011  regarding  the banning of  selling Soft Drinks,Short Eats,Meet Products and Junk Foods in 9568 School Canteens island wide  is still not able to implement  due to the failure of Health Authorities on activating the circular according to the president of Sri Lanka Public Health Inspectors Association Mr.Upul Rohana.

The Health Ministry Officials are purposely delaying the activating of the said circular numbering 2011/3  and due to this non infectious diseases like Diabetes,High Blood P reassure,Heart Diseases and stroke   among school children are on increase  Mr.Rohana has said.due to the non implementation of the circular School Canteen owners are selling sugary soft drinks,short eats ,meet products and junk food to the school children freely he has stressed.

Addressing a press briefing held in Colombo this morning the president of the Sri Lanka Health Inspectors Association has said that their is a greet need to implement the said circular as soon as possible  and all the authorities need to do is to introduced the circular as an interim constitution to  the food act of 1980.

The Shortage Of Triple Blood Bags Caused A Shortage Of Blood Platelets In Most Of The Blood Banks

There's a severe shortage of Triple Blood Bags which  use to take  blood from blood donors   in the majority of Blood Banks throughout the island these days according to the  Government Nursing Officers Association.

The Blood Banks in peradeniya,kandy,matara,hambanthota,ratnapura,ampara,kurunagala are affected severely with the shortage of three layer triple blood bags the nursing officers association has pointed out.due to this shortage Blood Platelets which are derived from blood by using these bags are also out of stock in several blood banks the association has stated.

As there's a Dengue Epidemic in most parts of the island blood platelets are need to transfuse to these patients the president of the nursing officers association Saman Rathnapriya has said.therefore he  has urged the health authorities to distribute this all important  Triple Blood Bags to the blood banks with immediate effect he has stressed.

Twenty Indian Fishermen Have Been Arrested Whlie Fishing In Sri Lankan Waters

Sri Lankan Navy Officers have arrested another 20 Indian Fishermen in seas of North Mannar who were illegally fishing in Sri Lankan Waters.Navy  Four  trawlers  the Indian Fishermen were  traveled in also taken in to the custody navy sources said. 

These fishermen were arrested due to violating International Maritime Boundary Line and pouching in Sri Lankan Waters sources have added.

The arrested Fishermen and Trawlers were handed over to the Department Of Fisheries And Aquatic Resources for a legal action.

An Elephant Was Killed After Hit At Train In Kekirawa

A train runs from Trincomalee to Colombo was derailed late  last night after it was
hit at wild elephant in Kekirawa(North Central Province) according to Railways Department.the wild elephant was killed due to the accident and no one in the train has injured the sources revealed.

Due to this accident train services in the line got delayed around eight hours and brought to normal early this morning.however four trains got delayed due to the accident railways department has said.

According to  the authorities around 200 elephants have been killed last  year due to the  human -elephant conflict.

Dengue Mosquito Larvae Also Breeds On Dee freezers ?

The dengue mosquito "aedis egyptai" who is responsible for spreading dengue are laying their eggs on defrosted water in freezers too according to the Colombo chief Medical Officer (MOH) Dr.Ruwan Wijemuni.

He has said that during the house to house inspections carried out by the health officials in northern colombo a large number of freezers with dengue mosquito larvae have  found Meanwhile the officials of Colombo Public Health Department have decided to file   court cases against the owners of  181 residencies in Northern Colombo  who are responsible  for  maintaining dengue mosquito breeding places in their back yards.the officials have identified these during the inspection carried out n north Colombo yesterday .

Around 18,100 houses in northern colombo have been inspected on last wednesday under the programme.

A Lady Lawyer Gave Birth To Quintuplets At Peradeniya Hospital

A 36 year old Lady Lawyer reside in Kandy District has given birth to Quintuplets at Peradeniya Teaching Hospital on last Saturday(27) .this was the fifth set of Quintuplets born in Sri Lanka since late 90's as earlier four sets of quintuplets were born in Castle Street Maternity Hospital,Kandy General Hospital and Central Private Hospital respectively.

The latest set of Quintuplets which compromised with one girl and four boys are currently receiving treatment at the  Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Peradeniya Hospital.. two of them are given  oxygen at premature baby unit due to breathing problem and one is having low birth weight,all five children are 30 weeks old when they were born Hospital doctors said.

The latest set of Quintuplets born through a Ceasarien Surgery performed by a medical team lead by Gynecologist Dr.Sisira Ranaraja.