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The Court Of Appeal has today(12) permitted Health Ministry to print pictorial warnings on Cigarette Packs covering 50-60% of the pack’s surface indicating health hazards causes by tobacco. earlier government has seeking court to giving permission to print pictorial warnings covering 80% of the Cigarette Packet surface. However the tobacco companies filed the case last […]
The Court Of Appeal is scheduled to be given the verdict tomorrow (12) on whether the Tobacco Companies should carry out pictorial warnings of health hazards caused by smoking covering 80% of the Cigarette Pack. Although the government has decided that cigarette packs should carry out pictorial warnings covering 80% of the pack by indicating […]
A Special Police Investigation Team has raided a popular illegal gambling center functioned at Town Hall this evening and arrested thirty four persons including a woman according to Police Sources.a woman and 7 employees at the gambling center were among those arrested police sources added. The raid has been carried out at 6 p.m this […]
The issuing of Medicinal Drugs through the OPD Pharmacies,X Ray/Scan Tests,Laboratory Tests and Physiotherapy Treatment offered by around 125 government hospitals in Northern, Eastern and North Central Provinces were paralyzed today (06)due to the strike action launched by professions supplementary to medicine(PSM’s) hospital sources have revealed. Due to this situation tens of thousands of patients […]
The Trade Union Action launched by government hospital nurses since last Saturday (03) will be suspended tomorrow(05) morning at 6 a.m following the assurance made by health ministry secretary Dr.Nihal Jayathilake that the midwifery training given to a batch of nursing students at present will continue without any disturbance the president of Public Services Nurses […]
All Government Hospital Nurses in Sri Lanka except nurses attach to five government hospitals have withdrawn from hospital services today (Saturday 03rd of May) paralyzing patient care services in wards and clinics of government hospitals island wide. the striking nurses will continue their trade union action tomorrow(Sunday(04))as well in protest against Health Ministry’s failure of […]
