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Surgical care for IDPs

The College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka has been responsive to the surgical needs of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the injured in the North and East of the country. From the very inception the College of Surgeons has coordinated an initiative to send surgeons to hospitals in the areas of need to attend to the surgical needs of the IDPs and the injured.

These extra surgeons who have been placed in the Trincomalee, Vavuniya and Mannar Hospitals have gone to these hospitals on a voluntary basis. These initiatives of the College are complementary to the steps taken by the Department of Health, other professional associations and trade unions belonging to the health sector.

Tamil, English for public servants

S.M. Wijayaratne Kurunegala correspondent

Since most public servants lack the knowledge of Tamil and English languages, 23 retired govt. school teachers in the Kurunegala district have consented in offering their services free to teach these languages at week-ends.

Accordingly, public servants who are employed at Bingiriya, Panduwasnuwara, Nikaweratiya, Polgahawela, Mawathagama and Dambadeniya Divisional Secretariats would benefit from this program as the first batch of this worthy cause.

The former Divisional Secretary for Bingiriya W.E. Jayathilaka told the Daily News that the Department of official languages too has launched a special program this year to train 3000 public servants and police officers in studying the Tamil and English Languages and Rs. 75 million would be invested for this purpose by the Government this year.