Substance to counter sting

Nadira GUNATILLEKE

The Medical Research Institute (MRI) will produce a substance that can be applied on the skin to prevent mosquito bites. The research is going on at the moment and it has already achieved 90 per cent success. The product will reach the market once the research is completed, Health Ministry sources said.

According to the sources the MRI has conducted several successful medical researches. There are 13 different sections in the MRI.

The institute conducts a large number of researches on bacterias, viruses, insects, worms, birds and animals. It conducts special researches on diseases that can be caused by worms in the bodies of cats, dogs, pigs and pigeons.

Diseases caused through animals have resulted in miscarriages and can affect expectant mothers. The public needs to be educated on those topics. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena ordered health officials to produce a complete report on the results of new researches conducted by MRI to be presented in Parliament. Earlier parliamentarians accused the MRI for not conducting the required to research because there was no information available on the research done by the MRI and their results. The results were not compiled as a report, he said.