Doctors strike over death threats

Mahinda P.Liyanage-Galle Daily News Corr

The doctors of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital staged a token strike of four hours commencing at 8.00 am yesterday in protest over alleged death threats to hospital director Dr. Shelton Perera by an unknown person over the phone during the past few days.

The hospital director had submitted written complaints to both the Galle A.S.P. and I.G.P. on Tuesday with regard to the death threats.

The unknown caller had forced the doctor to immediately resign from the post and unless he did so, he would be killed together with his daughter.