With the intervention of the North-western Province Health Ministry, a PCR machine was handed over to the Puttalam Base Hospital this morning (16) by North-western Province Governor Raja Collure.
The machine which is worth rupees six million has a capacity of handling 40 checkups a day and can issue a report in 40 minutes, health authorities said.
(Text and pix by Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe)
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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