Patients faced inconveniences in obtaining treatment at state hospitals after government doctors took part in a one-day token strike today (Sept 18).
The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) claimed that a cabinet paper rectifying salary issues in the state sector, except for that of doctors, had been forwarded to the Treasury for observations.
The Union warned that it would continue trade union action next week if the cabinet decided to go ahead with the proposal.
Captured below some scenes witnessed in the Colombo General Hospital and the hospitals in the Kalmunai district. Pics by Priyanka Samaraweera and Farook Sihan
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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