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Around 37,500 Children With Development Disorders reported From the Country-Only 4 Child Psychiatrists In The Country To Treat Them

Annually nearly  37,500 children will be added to the burden of development disorders in Sri Lanka but  only 4 Child Psychiatrists are available here to treat these children according to the Director Of Mental Health in Ministry Of Health,Nutrition And Indigenous Medicine Dr.Chitramali De Silva.

Around 187,500 Sri Lankan Children under 5 years of age may be having some form of development disorder Dr.Silva has stated.

As there is a severe shortage of Child Psychiatrists in the country to treat these children with development disorders the Ministry Of Health has requested the Colombo Post Graduate Institute Of Medicine to increase the number of Doctors training as child psychiatrists  she has revealed.

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A Group Of Wild Elephants Had Consumed 5000 Kilo Grames Of Paddy

A Group of Wild Elephants had consumed around 5000 Kilo Grammes of Paddy which stored near the road of Borawewa Village In  Welikanda,Polonnaruwa (In North Central Province) according to reports.

Due to this situation around 387 Farmer Families in Borawewa  Village are facing enormous difficulties as they lost their income the sources have 

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One Child Out Of Every 40 To 50 Children In Sri Lanka Suffering From "Autism' -Survey Report

According to a latest survey carried out  by medical experts it has been revealed that at least one child of every class room in  Sri Lanka is suffering from brain development disorder "Autism".

Accordingly one out of forty to fifty local children is suffering from "Autism' it has been revealed.According to a survey done in 2009 one out of very ninety three local children suffering from the disorder it has been reported.

But most of these children with 'Autism" are unnoticed and untreated due to non recognition of their disease according to Pediatricians.