Food Contractors Stop Supplying Food To Four Major State Hospitals Due To Not Receive Their Payments

Private Contractors who are Supplying Food To the Government Hospitals Stop Supplying Food Items to Four State Hospitals Due to Not receiving their Payments for the Service from the Health Ministry.Food Supply to the Anuradhapura Teaching,Kurunagala Teaching ,Badulla General and the Rathnapura General Hospitals put on Halt due to this and Hospital Authorities Buying Food from their respective Hospital Canteens and Provided to the patients Health Sources said Today(04).
Anuradhapura Hospital Authorities said that they need Rs.8 Million to pay For their Food Contractors for the last Three Month Period.
Meanwhile Highlighting this Issue and the Burden put onto the Patients Shoulder Due to This All Ceylon Health Services Union To Day Sent a Letter to the Health Secretary Dr.Athula Kahanda Liyanage and Urged Him to take Necessary action to Solve this Problem.Other State Owned Hospitals too Faced Similar Problems and altogether Around Rs.100 Million need to pay for the Food Contractors of these Hospitals Union said.If the Ministry is Not Taken any step to settled this Payments the Food Supplies of These Hospitals too may Stopped union further added.

US Presidential Poll Begins- One Hundrad Thirty Million Voters To Cast Votes

At least 130 Million US Voters are expected to cast their votes to day (04) TO Elect Either Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama or the Republican Candidate John Macain to Succeed Current President George W Bush.The voting of the Much Talked about US Presidential Elections will end in the States of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 P.M Eastern Time to day and Other 48 States in Few Hours time.National Opinion Polls Shown that the Democratic Candidate Barack Obama is Clearly Ahead of His Republican Rival John Macain and he will received more than the much needed 270 Electoral Votes.If Obama win the Elections he will became the First Black to Elected as US President after Abrahim Lincoln and if Macain wins it he will became the Oldest US President to Elect for the First Term as US President.also If Macain wins His Deputy Presidential Candidate Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin will became the First Female Deputy President in the USA.

Health Ministry To Computerized Drug Distribution System From Next Year

Ministry Of Health Decided To Computerized the whole Drug Distribution System With the Cost of Rs.350 Million From Next year(2009) to minimizing the Drug Shortages in the State Hospitals.Under this Programme aim is to build a Proper Co-Ordination between the Medical Supplies Division(MSD) The Provincial Drug Stores and the State Hospitals Ministry Official Said Today(03).At Present There is a Poor Co-Ordination Between these Institutions and Due to this Drug Shortages Occures in Hospitals even the Drugs are Available in the MSD and the Provincial Drug Stores he said.

Air Force Jets Bombed LTTE Logistic Hide Out At Iranamadu

Air Force Jets Bombed LTTE Logistic Hide Out In The 2.5 Km Inside of Jungle Situated North of Iranamadu This Morning(02) Security Sources Said.

Heavy Fighting In Point Pedro-Four LTTE Boats Destroyed And Fourteen Tigers Killed

Four LTTE Boats were Destroyed and Fourteen Tigers Killed and another Sixteen were Injured when heavy confrontation erupted between the Sri Lankan Navy and LTTE sea Tigers at Nagarkovil in the Point Pedro This Morning(01).Five Sailors got Injured During the confrontation.Meanwhile Air Force Jets which came to support the Navy Destroyed two LTTE Boats.

Shell and Laugfs Reduced Gas Prices

Two Gas Supplying Companies In Sri Lanka The Shell Gas and the Laugfs Gas Reduced the Prices of their 12.5 Kg Gas Cylinder By Rs.78 and Rs.181 Respectively effective from Midnight Today(31).According to the Revised Prices the price of a 12.5 Kg Shell Gas Cylinder is Rs.1785 and the Price of a Laugfs Gas Cylinder will be Rs.1679.

SPC Imported Low Quality Surgical Gloveses For State Hospitals On Sum Of Rs.7.57 Million

Medical Supplies Division(MSD) of the Health Ministry Ordered the State Pharmaceuticals corporation(SPC) to Send the Whole Stock of the Sterile Surgical Gloveses(Pairs) Purchased from Malaysian Drug Company "Advanta Health Malaysia" for Rs.7.57 Million(70,800 us Dollers) to the supplier and to ask the Supplier to Re-pay the Money they paid as there are so many Deficiencies in these Gloveses.The Deficiencies including Not Labeling them Properly , Expiering Date Not appear Properly,Not Printing a State Logo in these Gloveses Sources said.According To the Reliable Sources of the Ministry Of Health, so many complaints are received from the Surgeons of the State Hospitals regarding these Gloveses saying that There is a short supply of these as 195 Gloveses Contained in a Box that should have contained 200 Gloveses.Some District Hospitals Received Boxes contained 185 Gloveses as SPC already spent the Whole Amount when Purchasing these Gloveses.The Money Spent on these Gloveses Cannot get Back and it is a Waste of Public Funds Ministry Employees said.
Due to Not Labeling them and Not Mentioning The Correct Expiery Date It Could be Suspect that their Quality may be not up to the Standard and Patients are having a Risk of Getting Infections due to this Sources Further Added.Although The Medical Supplies Division Rejected
Accepting these Gloveses It has been reported that Still they are Distributing to the Hospitals Under the Instructions of the Higher Officials Of the Ministry Of Health and the SPC.