Free healthcare system stable:

JVP mission to destroy public trust fails

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The JVP launched a conspiracy to destroy the free healthcare service during the recent Presidential Election campaign and used certain advertisements which had a very negative impact on the National Immunization Program, Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said.

Addressing a ceremony in Badulla recently Minister de Silva said the trade unions belong to the JVP tried to make the country's healthcare system unstable from the beginning.

The public did not believe fabricated `stories' and the advertising campaign launched by the JVP to destroy the public trust on State health system. The public has already understood how good our health system is when comparing with the other countries in the world.

They failed their 'mission' which launched by stealing banned and expired drugs to stage 'issues' and were now hiding every corner of the country. If there are any problems existing to stop the the progress of State health sector, they should be removed.

The JVP even tried to use some drugs that had been taken out from use in Sri Lanka a long time back to create 'incidents' and 'issues' to sling mud on the Ministry and Government. But all their efforts failed.