The Deputy Director of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) Dr. Rukshan Bellana was rescued a short while ago by the Police Anti-Riot Squad after being held hostage for six hours.
A tense situation arose at the NHSL in Colombo this evening as supplementary medical staff protested against Dr. Bellana.
Eyewitnesses said that the Police had brought a person covered in a blanket giving the impression that they were taking Dr. Bellana away. As the staff surrounded the person brought Dr. Bellana was whisked away from another entrance.
The protest against the Deputy Director came after Dr. Bellana’s harsh criticism of the strike actions carried out by a collective of seventy two health sector trade unions over pay disparities.
However, health trade unions halted their strike on Wednesday (14) after Minister of Health Dr. Ramesh Pathirana agreed to a discussion with them.
To beef up the security of the hospital grounds, Army Personnel had been assigned in addition to the Police Anti-Riot team.
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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.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
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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