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| Friday, 14 May 2004 |
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by P. D. A. S. Gunasekera, Ratnapura group corr It was a dire national need of the time for the search and re-discovery of the Sri Lankan National heritage and values including the ancient Ayurvedic medical system, said the Sabaragamuwa Governor Saliya N. Mathew at Ratnapura recently. He said so at a Janahamuwa following the opening of the New Ayurveda Central Dispensary, built at a cost of Rs. 26 million by Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council. Governor Mathew stressed the need for the revival of the historical political changes effected by the five fold forces in 1956 under the Bandaranaike regime, later suppressed by both the foreign and local influences of the time. A true and a lasting social development could not be identified and ushered in the country without the re-establishment of the National heritage the Governor added. In the five years prior to 1999 the SPC had taken action to accomplish development projects far more than the Central Government. The two Ayurvedic Hospitals, Ratnapura and Kegalle were cases in point he said. Further actions had already been taken to provide a new ward-complex with 101 beds consisting of a separate 'Bikkhu-ward' in the Sirimavo Bandaranaike Hospital in the New Town Ratnapura. District secretary Malini Premaratne, Ratnapura district MP and Minister Pavitra Wanniaratchi and SPC members participated in the event. |
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