Over a thousand individuals were hospitalized due to dengue in Jaffna this month (December) alone, the Director of Jaffna Teaching Hospital T. Sathiyamoorthy said. Three deaths related to dengue have also been reported from the district so far.
Due to the ongoing Monsoon rains in the region, every day at least 50 patients are admitted to hospital, the Hospital Director said. Among the victims include a young woman and an eleven-month-old baby who died due to severe fever recently.
Meanwhile, the total number of dengue cases this year increased to 85636 compared to 76689 last year. Colombo and Gampaha districts recorded a sharp increase this month alone. The total death toll due to dengue is 50, according to official data released by the National Dengue Control Unit. (N. Thayalan)
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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