The Health Services Trade Union Alliance (HSTUA) has today alleged that the Health Authorities not giving priority to locally made BTI Bacteria which use to destroy Dengue Mosquito Lavae like the BTI Bacteria imported from Cuba .
Addressing a Press Briefing in Colombo this morning President of the HSTUA Saman Ratnapriya has said today that the authorities released 7800 Litres of BTI for the National Dengue Control Programme so far but only bought and realese 624 Litres of locally manufactured BTI.
"It’s puzzling why the Health Authorities going after BTI as it proved an unsuccesfull method of Controlling Dengue Epidemic in long term " Mr.Ratnapriya has stressed