News Sri Lanka Health: Senior Sri Lanka officials ordered detained over bombing
A Sri Lankan magistrate ordered the detention of the country's suspended police chief and its former defense secretary on Wednesday, a day after they were arrested for alleged negligence leading to Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people at churches and hotels.
News Sri Lanka Health: Sri Lanka is measles-free, World Health Organization says
"Sri Lanka's achievement comes at a time when globally measles cases are increasing," Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director WHO South-East Asia, said in a statement. "The country's success ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Using drone technology to transport drugs, blood, across Sri Lanka
and speaking on ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare logistics in Sri Lanka’, made this observation. Dr. Gunasekera an expert on a number of fields related to health, including Health ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Spreading some love and awareness on mental health
With last month being dedicated to raising awareness to mental health, Chokolaate along with The Ohana Project organized ‘Behind The Mask’ at the Sri Lanka Exhibition and Convention Center (SLECC). ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Rajitha claims MR invited leaders with 32 wives to visit Sri Lanka
(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had invited world leaders with 32 wives to visit Sri Lanka. He said that when Rajapaksa was ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Death toll lowered to 253, Sri Lanka braces for more attacks
Sri Lanka on Thursday lowered the death toll from the Easter suicide ... In rolling back the number of dead from 359, a top Health Ministry official, Dr. Anil Jasinghe, said in a statement that the ...
News Sri Lanka Health: AP Interview: Sri Lanka's PM says potential bombers at large
Approximately 250 people were killed in the string of suicide bombings at churches and luxury hotels in and around the capital, Colombo, Sri Lanka's health ministry said late Thursday. The death toll ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Sri Lanka revises death toll from attacks down by 100
He blamed inaccurate data provided by morgues for the discrepancy. Anil Jasinghe, the director general of Sri Lanka’s health services, told Reuters any figure was an estimate: “It could be 250 or 260. ...
News Sri Lanka Health: Officials lower death toll in Sri Lanka Easter attacks to 253
Sri Lanka's director general for health services issued the correction on Thursday, lowering the total from 359 to 253 people, The Guardian reported. "The death toll from the Easter Sunday attacks is ...
