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by Manjula Fernando State doctors stress the need for a better program to protect orphaned children in the refugee camps of tsunami affected areas. The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) yesterday said the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) must take custody of all these children before they fall pray to abuse. "There is a far more grievous danger, than looting in the affected areas, that looms on the defenceless young, the nation's most valuable asset," the GMOA Secretary Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya said stressing the need for State intervention to separate the children from common cramped-up camps where they receive no special attention or care. "We have got reports of child abuse by so called guardians and attempts at false claims laid on children," the Secretary said adding that these children face the risk of being victims of paedophiles and trafficking. The GMOA also pointed out that some so called non-governmental organisations were eyeing these children to seize their custody for wrongful gains. A large number of infants and children as young as two to three year olds were made orphaned following the Sundays disastrous tidal waves washed away their parents unmercifully into the sea. "All the parentless children should be evacuated immediately to a separate institution and kept under close supervision of the NCPA. The hospitals may be used for this purpose and as State doctors we are willing to extend fullest co-operation to ensure their safety and care," the GMOA said adding that they were prepared to fund the project if required. |
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