The seventy two health trade unions involved in the island wide strike have decided to continue their strike action until authorities provide a positive response.
The Government Medical Laboratory Technologists head, Ravi Kumudesh said that they were compelled to carry on the island wide strike from today morning to express displeasure with the government's decision to increase the Disturbance, Availability, and Transport (DAT) allowance for doctors.
He added that they would continue the until strike tomorrow and thereafter decide whether to continue strike further or call off their action after holding a meeting with health trade unions involved.
The health worker unions also lay claim to the allowance and demanded that they too need to be given the same allowance.
The strike caused inconvenience to the general public as health services were hampered by the strike.
However the army, navy and air force were deployed to assist the patients who are facing inconvenience due to the strike action.
The President of the public health inspectors union, Upul Rohana said that they were forced to continue the strike as the government did not provide a positive response.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
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Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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