Minister Wijesekera:

Slow and steady progress

Rasika Somarathna

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mahinda Wijesekera who sustained head injuries in last Tuesday’s suicide bomb attack in Akuressa is making slow but steady progress, Colombo National Hospital Director Dr. Hector Weerasinghe said yesterday.

“However he remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Neuro-Surgical Section,” Dr Weerasinghe added.

According to the director, no serious brain damage has been detected as yet after a series of tests, including head scans.

“However it is still too early to give a definite answer, as a proper assessment on these kind of injuries takes some time,” he added. Dr. Weerasinghe was of the opinion that a clearer picture, would emerge in about a week.

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*Minister Wijesekera, 66, suffered serious head injuries in the LTTE attack at the National Milad-Un-Nabi festival at Godapitiya mosque in Akuressa.

*Airlifted to Colombo where he underwent a four hour surgery.

*Fifteen people were killed and another 46 sustained injuries in the blast.

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