In brief

CWC members pay day’s salary

P. Krishnaswamy

Parliamentarians representing the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), its Pradeshiya Sabha members and members of other local government bodies will contribute one month’s salary towards the Presidential Fund for providing humanitarian assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons in the Vanni while plantation workers who are members of the CWC will also contribute their day’s wages to the Fund, Muthu Sivalingam, party President and Deputy Minister of Nation Building and Estate Infrastructure Development, announced.

Access to disabled in public places

Jayanthi Cooray

The Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare is looking at introducing special access to disabled people in more government and public places. This is subsequent to a special gazette notification on 17.10.2006. Ministry has also decided to request all institutions that are refurbishing their premises to include a special disabled access. “We have requested to provide a disabled access to all buildings that are being built in the future and architects and draftsmen have been briefed in this regard,” an official of the ministry said.

Heart patient needs help

Forty one year old and a father of three, M. Grecian of E. D. Dabare Mw., Narahenpita is suffering from coronery artery disease and has been advised by the Consultant Cardiologist of the National Hospital, Dr. Vajira Senaratne to undergo therapeutic procedure, for which a cypher stent had to be purchased from the open market.

The unit is quoted to cost around Rs. 290,000 which the patient cannot afford and hence he appeals to the generous public, for contributions which may be remitted to Seylan Bank, Borella, A/c No. 82000600197101 Contact No. 011-4975229.