There Is A Shortage Of Qualified Nurses In The Public And Private Health Sectors -Prof.Lalitha Mendis

Even though the Ministry of Health has taken steps to train more nurses for the State Owned Hospitals there is still a shortage of qualified nurses in the public and private Health sectors says the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Association Professor Lalitha Mendis.Currently there are only 12 Nurses per 100,000 population she said.Ministry of Health recently recruited large numbers of students for Nurses Training but due to the Shortage of Nursing Tutors,Lack of facilities in the Nurses Training Schools including Library and Lecture Hall Facilities there is a problem to train Qulified Nursing Staff she stressed.

Supreme Court Rejected Court Case Filed By JVP Over Karuna's Appointment

Supreme court yesterday (13) rejected the Court Case filed by the Janatha wimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the appointment of Karuna Amman as M.P from the National List of the Governing United People's Freedom Alliance(UPFA).JVP had filed this court case soon after the Karuna was sworn in as a M.P in last week.JVP Officials are saying that they are not opposing Karuna's appointment as M.P but Opposing of appointing him under the National List of the UPFA.

Execise Department Increases The Duty Of Local And Foreign Liquor

Excise Department increases the Duty Imposed on Local and Foreign Liquor by Fifty Rupees per Litre effective from 08th of October.Department also increases the Duty on Beer by Ten Rupees.

Higher Wages And Good Living Conditions Leed Sri Lankan Specialist Doctors To Stay In Western Countries

Higher Wages,Better Living and Satisfactory working conditions in Western Countries are the main reasons behind the decesion of Sri Lankan Doctors to migrate those countries after finishing their Specialists Training abroad said Professor Lalitha Mendis Today(12).Sri Lankan Doctors who are undergoing their Specialists Training in Countries Like United Kingdom,Australia and Canada Prefers to stay there after the training instead of returning to their Motherland Due to these reasons Professor Mendis stressed.
Delivering the Keynote Address at the Inauguration of the Third Conference on Asia and Pacific Action Alliance for Human Resources(AAAH) in Hotel Ceylon Continental today She pointed out that now in sri lankan Specialist Doctors Patient Ratio stands as 4.8 per 100,000 population and it is expected to improve by the year 2015 as 10 doctors per 100,000 population.Now sri lanka is having around 500 specialists she stressed.Professor Mendis also said that Postgraduate Institute Of Medicine is doing A great Job for training these Specialist Doctors.Psychiatrists,Dental Surgeons and Ophthalmologists are the main categories who didn't return home after receiving there Specialists Training Abroad due to the demand they have in those countries She said.According to the statistics there are only 55.2 doctors per 100.000 population in sri lanka.

President Appeled To The LTTE to Lay Down Arms

President Mahinda Rajapaksha today(11) appealed from LTTE to lay down their Arms and Surrender."By doing this LTTE Should enter the Democratic Process" He said in his address to the All Party Conference held at the Presidential Secretariat."Our aim should be to ensure the Democratic rights of the Tamil People in Sri Lanka" he further added.Representatives of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, Jathika Hela Urumaya, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, and Ceylon Workers Congress. Up Country People's Front, National Unity Alliance, United National Party Democratic Group, Eelam People's Democratic Party, All Ceylon Muslim Congress, National Congress, Western People's Front, Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal, National Freedom Front attended this conference.

Funeral Of Major General Janaka Perera Taken Place With Full Military Honours

The Funeral of the Major General Janaka Perera and His wife took place this Evening with Full Military Honours at the Borella General Cemetery.Major Perera and his wife were killed due to a suicide bomb attack in Anuradhapura last Monday.Large number of people including political and military personal attended his funeral.he was offered 13 gun salutes at the Funeral.Major Janaka Perera was the Opposition Leader of the North Central Provincial Council at the time of his demise.He survived with four children.

Deputy Leader Of The Sea Tigers Killed From An Explosion

Deputy Leader of the Sea Tiger Squad" Chelian"died due to a Claymore Mine Explosion this morning Security Sources Revealed.