Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Foreign - Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President Of The United States


Barack Obama Sworn In as 44th President Of The United States Of America Few Hours ago In front Of Large Number of People Including Former Presidents Of US At the National Park In washington D.C.Jo Biden Sworn in as the New Vice President Before the President Obama's Inauguration,The Sworn In Ceremony Of the American President Watched Live By the Millions Of Viewers World Wide Through The Television.
The Inauguration Of the US President Took place Under Heavy Security and Millions of People Gathered to the Inauguration Venue Hours Before The Ceremony Begins.Former US Presidents Jimmy Carter,George.W.Bush Senior,George Bush Junior And Bill Clinton are among the Distinguish Invitees Participated for the Ceremony.Filled with Charm and Passion Barack Obama Took his Oaths as New President and Deliver His Inauguration Speech Afterwards.He Then Signed Cabinet Nominations and the Declaration of Peace and Reconciliation As His First Act Of Duty After Took Office.
Afterwards New President and His Vice President Took Lunch at the Statuary Hall with the Congress Members.Three Course Meal Menu Including Seafood Stew,Peasent,Duck,Molasses Sweet Potatoes and Apple Cinamon Sponge Cake is Specially Prepared For This Occasion.After the Lunch President Obama Left For White House From a Motor Cade with the Cheers of the Large People who are Gathered to the Street Corner to Great Him.Earlier Officials said that they Expect Around 1.2 Million People to Attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the US President. At least One Million People Gathered to the Park Few Hours Earlier of the Inauguration.
As Obama Sworn In Out going President George w Bush will Leaving the President's Official Residence White House.Meanwhile People all over the world are Begun Their Celebrations to Mark Obama's Inauguration As President Today Including his Native Country Kenya and Japan where a City of Obama located.

Dengue Alert In Colombo


Dengue Is in Rise in the Colombo City and Fifty Eight Dengue Patients were Reported From the City During the last Twenty days of January Says Dr.Pradeep Kariyawasam The Chief Medical Officer in Colombo.Out of this Number Fifty Three Are Young Chidren and Youth and Among them Twenty Five are Infants Under the Age Five.Twenty Dengue Patients are Reported from the Modara Area.
Only Eighteen Dengue Patients Reported During the January Last year.

Ministry Of Health To Send Medical Teams To Cleared Areas In The North


Ministry Of Health Is Currently Engaged in Discussions with The Health Trade Unions Regarding Sending Medical Teams From Colombo To the Cleared Areas in the North Including the Kilinochchi in the view to Uplifting Health Facilities there.The Schedule For Sending Medical Teams will Finalised Soon after the Talks Ministry Sources Said.

Ministry Of Health To Ban Prescribing Lab Tests Available In Govt.Hospitals To Get Done From Pvt.Sector


Minisry Of Health Decided to Ban Govenment Doctors Of Prescribing The Patients Lab Tests Performed at the Hospitals To Get Done From the Private Hospitals.The Circular Regarding this Decision will Be Issued to the Heads of All Government Hospitals Soon Says Director General Of Health Services Dr.Ajith Mendis.If a Government Doctor Prescribed A Lab Test Available in the Hospital to get Done from Private Sector It is a Big Fault He Stressed.
Ministry Also Decided to Supply Neccessary Lab Chemicals and Equipments To the Government Hospitals For Performing Complexive Lab Tests and This Programme will Begin from the Lady Ridgway Children's Hoapital in Colombo and will Spread to Other Hospitals Afterwards Dr.Mendis Further Added.
It is Reported That the Government Hospital Doctors are Prescribing Patients Simple Tests Like Full Blood Count(FBC) And Fasting Blood Suger(FBS)available in the Government Hospitals To get Done From the Private Sector.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Sri Lankan Lead Health Trade Unionist Sacked From His Post


A Well Known Health Sector Trade Unionist Ravi Kumudesh lost his Secretary Post of the Health Services Trade Union Alliance(HSTUA) Which Himself was a Founding Member.Mr.Kumudesh Who is also the Secretary of the Medical Laboratory Technologists Union and of the Profesions Supplementary to Medicine Sacked from the Secretary Post in the Alliance Due to his Inability to Make The Other Unions he hold posts to participating the Trade Union Actions Organized by the Alliance.
Health Services Trade Union Alliance which Compromised by Health Trade Unions Representing 28 Categories Appointed Two Joint Secretaries To the Vaccant Secretary Post After Sacking kumudesh.

Supreme Court Ordered To Cancel Route Permits Of The Private Buses In Western province Who 's Crew Not Wearing Uniforms


Supreme Court Ordered the Western Transport Authority Today(19) To Cancel the Route Permits of the Private Buses Who's Crew fails to Wear Uniforms Issued to them and Issuing Tickets to the Passengers By 15th of February.Transport Ministry Issued New Uniforms to The Bus Crew in Early January.

Majority Of Government Patients Avoid Buying Prescribed Drugs Due To The Higher Prices


It is Revealed that Most Of the Sri Lankan Patients Going to the Government Hospitals are Avoid of Buying the Expensive Drugs Prescribed By the Doctors to Buy from the Private Sector Due to the Financial Problems they are facing.Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs while Same Kind of Drugs are Available for Lower prices.
Doctors are Prescribing Expensive Drugs for the Patients for Diseases like Diabetes e,Hypertension,Cholesterol,Heart and Kidney Diseases.Some Tablets are Expensive as Rs30 -50 Per Tablet and Most of the Government Patients are not able to Borne the Expenses.
The Result of this is Developing their Diseases Further Hospital Sources said.
Meanwhile The Ministry Of Health says that The Patients Find Difficult to Buying these
Drugs Prescribed by the Doctors is due to they are Prescribed From Trade Names.Due to The Ban Imposed by the Ministry for Prescribing Drugs for the Patients In Trade Names Patients can Request the Doctors to Prescribe the Drugs by Generic Names Instead of Trade Names Ministry Further said.

Landslide Risk Caused Evacuation Of 13 Families In Malliththagolla

 Landslide Risk occurred in Malliththagolla area at  Ella (Badulla District ) is  causing  evacuation of families living in the  area  accor...