http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/ This is an XML content feed of; News Portal from Sri Lanka : Last 10 News Bulletins Copyright (c) 2006-2007 Web Wiz NewsPad - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:45:12 +0000 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:04:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz NewsPad 1.02 30 www.amarasara.info/amnews/RSS_news_feed.asphttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/images/amarasara-news1.jpghttp://www.amarasara.info/amnews/http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=972ජුනි මාසය තුළ දිවයිනෙන් ඩෙංගු රෝගීන් 2490 ක්‌ ; ඉන් 14 ක්‌ මරුට ; වැඩිම පිරිස ගම්පහින්
(03-07-2010 - දිවයින)

ජුනි මාසය තුළදී දිවයිනෙන් ඩෙංගු රෝගීන් දෙදහස්‌ හාරසිය අනූවක්‌ (2490) වාර්තාවී ඇති අතර රෝගීන් දාහතර දෙනෙකු මිය ගොස්‌ ඇතැයි වසංගත රෝග අංශය පවසයි.

වැඩිම ඩෙංගු රෝගීන් සංඛ්‍යාවක්‌ වාර්තාවී ඇත්තේ ගම්පහ දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌කයෙන් වන අතර දෙවැනි හා තෙවත විශාලතම රෝගීන් සංඛ්‍යාව කොළඹ හා යාපනය දිස්‌ත්‍රික්‌කවලින් වාර්තාවී තිබේ.
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]]>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:04:23 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=9722010-07-03 06:04:23 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=833Saline stocks over : State hospitals left high and dry
(11.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

A stock of 600,000 bottles of saline was ready for shipment in Mumbai and SLAF planes were to fly there to bring the supplies, sources told The Island. However, due to some technical difficulties involved in air clearance etc., from the Indian authorities, the mission was postponed, according to the SLAF.

Stocks of saline in the Medical Supplies Division are sufficient only for tomorrow’s release and unless new stocks arrive immediately, the State-run hospitals will face a shortage of this life saving medicine, health authorities warn.
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]]>Mon, 10 May 2010 22:18:03 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8332010-05-10 22:18:03 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=820More adult dengue victims
(09.05.2010 - The Nation, SL)

More adults than children succumbed to the dreaded Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in 2009 and in the current year, up to April end, 60% of those who died from DHF were adults.

“This gives us an important signal of the age pattern of the disease. It has now shifted to adults. Whereas previously the victims of DHF were mostly children between the ages of 10-15 years, in 2009 and the first four months of this year, they were mostly young adults between the ages of 20-25 years,” Dr. Hasitha Tissera, Consultant Epidemiologist told The Nation.
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]]>Sun, 09 May 2010 20:53:56 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8202010-05-09 20:53:56 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=818Former Health Minister's frauds, corruption, commissions surface on new Minister’s probes
(09.05.2010 11:45 PM SLT - Lanka-e-News)

The huge frauds, corruption and commission collections in the imports and purchases of drugs and equipments to Govt. Hospitals during the tenure of Office of the former Minister of health , Nimal Siripala De Silva have been unearthed in a probe conducted by the new Minister Maithripala Sirisena .

It was the State pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) which was importing drugs for the Govt. Hospitals. In the past it was revealed time and again that, though drugs were ordered, the relevant letters of credits were not opened for their import.; and because the necessary funds were not passed by the Treasury, there was an acute shortage of drugs in the Hospitals.
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]]>Sun, 09 May 2010 18:46:08 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8182010-05-09 18:46:08 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=812What a relief !
(07.05.2010 - The Island, SL - Editorial)

It is a matter for happiness that sanity has prevailed at long last and Mervyn Silva's resignation as Deputy Media Minister has been accepted. The problem is now confined to the 'highways'. (He has been appointed Deputy Minister of Highways.) Our roads are dangerous anyway with so many asphalt cowboys around and his appointment will not matter much!

Now, we learn that Mervyn resigned as Deputy Media Minister on Wednesday itself but, when inquiries were made by the media, he, true to form, chose to muddy the water. First, he said he had resigned and then he retracted his statement claiming that he would function as both Deputy Minister of Media and Deputy Minister of Highways thus prompting us to fire a salvo at President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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]]>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:55:45 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8122010-05-07 00:55:45 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=805State-run hospitals face imminent shortage of saline
(07.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

• 319 drugs in short supply, 40 items stuck at Colombo Port
• Treasury Chief suggests Gods be invoked to solve problem

State-run hospitals are likely to run out of saline within the next few days unless urgent measures are taken to replenish the rapidly dwindling stock.

The impending crisis came to light at a meeting attended by Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Secretary to the Treasury Dr. P. B. Jayasundera and senior officials of the State Phamasectical Corporation (SPC).

Responding to a query by Minister Sirisena, an SPC representative had acknowledged that their stock of saline would not last for more than three or four days, sources said.
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]]>Thu, 06 May 2010 20:46:21 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=8052010-05-06 20:46:21 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=799SPC caused shortage of drugs at State hospitals – Treasury Chief
(06.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

Will the Parliamentary Watchdog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) investigate SPC, which is alleged to have manipulated the ongoing shortage of drugs at State hospitals to make money?

Treasury Secretary Dr. P. B. Jayasundera has accused the State Pharmaceutical Corporation bosses of causing a shortage of essential drugs at government hospitals for their personal gain. An irate Jayasundera did not mince his words when he alleged that some SPC officials had received as much as 30 per cent commission for making emergency purchases last year.
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]]>Wed, 05 May 2010 21:33:56 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7992010-05-05 21:33:56 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=795Being overweight from childhood 'doubles bowel cancer risk'
(05.05.2010 - The Island, SL)

Doctors warned that young people with a weight problem should be encouraged to slim to help prevent developing the often deadly disease.

Growing numbers of Britons are becoming overweight with almost one in four adults obese, according to official figures.

Experts have warned in the past that these children are at a much greater risk of developing a host of potentially fatal diseases including heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Now new research shows that being too heavy from childhood also significantly increases the chances of developing bowel cancer in later life.
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]]>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:19:02 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7952010-05-05 00:19:02 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=788Chemicals in farming and cancer
- by Ben Silva
(04.05.2010 - Email)

It as been reported in the media that thousands of innocent people are unnecessarily dying in NCP of Sri Lanka, due to the consumption of contaminated water. Many more will have their  kidneys, thinking ability and brains damaged due to consumption of  water contaminated with heavy metals such as lead and contaminated with  toxic  weed killers  and pesticides etc.

A recent CNN program indicated that farmers in Punjab are suffering from cancer due to consumption of toxic water.
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]]>Tue, 04 May 2010 00:45:50 +0000http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/newsletter.asp?article=7882010-05-04 00:45:50 http://www.amarasara.info/amnews/rss_view_newsletter.asp?article=776Cadmium deposits cause of kidney failure in NCP
- by Saliya Kumara Gunasekara
(02.05.2010 - LakbimaNews)

Arecent research carried out by Prof. Sarath Bandara of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Peradeniya has revealed that staples such as rice, grains, vegetables and curd produced in the North Central Province (NCP) contained Cadmium deposits and this is believed to be the reason for severe renal failure cases among those living in the NCP.

The reason for the percolation of Cadmium is due to the use of imported phosphate fertilizer, the research has found.

“Kidney failure is on the increase in the North Central region. Analysts were of the view that the use of phosphate must be restricted in order to solve this problem. If people begin to use Eppawala Rock- Phosphate, a considerable reduction of Cadmium being mixed into the environment can be avoided” says Prof Sarath Bandara.
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