Hospital staff renders important service - Douglas

The service rendered by hospital staff is important and special. They should work with commitment in discharging their duties, said Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Minister Douglas Devananda.

Minister Douglas Devananda meeting hospital staff

He said so chairing the Jaffna Hospital Development Committee meeting at the hospital premises on April 1. The state spends billions of rupees for treatment of outdoor and in house patients, the minister said.

He said the government, using state funds and funds from Japan, built a new building with modern facilities including theatres. The medical officers and nursing staff should work collectively to provide the best treatment for patients, adhering to the ethics of the medical profession, he said.

The minister said the mortality rate of infants and nursing mothers had risen recently and instructed the director to resort to relevant steps in this regard. Pointing out the shortcomings of the hospital, the committee members insisted the necessity of fixing CCTV cameras in the hospital premises.