Never in the history of SL has the national health sector been plunged into such an abysmal mess. Hitherto unheard complaints of sub standard drugs, outdated drugs, injection vials containing glass pieces and rubber; and to add to the confusion, diseases unheard in SL are all raging now: swine flu and so forth.
It is a cruel irony that it is while SL ‘s Health Ministry is headed by a Minister who is the Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) that the country is faced with the worst health hazards and disasters claiming even lives of innocent children , some in the prime of their lives .
The latest in the series of death , disease and disaster inundating the Health sector is the contracting of A/H1n1 virus by five Doctors of the Karapitiya teaching Hospital ICU. These doctors have fallen victims because they have not been provided with the necessary masks by the Health authorities despite their complaining of this shortage earlier. They have also complained about the lack of a separate ward for treatment .
The Doctors have warned that if remedial action is not taken they would refrain from working
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