Medical care for IDPs

Nimal WIJESINGHE Anuradhapura Additional District group correspondent

The authorities of the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital have taken measures to provide medical care for the injured and sick IDPs escaping the clutches of the LTTE.

Hospital sources said nearly 200 persons have been treated during the last three days for injuries resulting from shootings, suicidal bomb blasts and assaults by the LTTE when fleeing. Six mothers who underwent caesarean deliveries are treated in ward 15.

There are 46 IDPs warded. Some have undergone surgery and warded in wards 3,5,8,10,15 and 17.

North Central Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake visited the patients warded at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital on the instructions of the President.