Drugs worth Rs. 570 m sent to the North

On the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa that humanitarian aid should not be denied even to LTTE terrorists who are injured in the conflict, the Health Ministry has already dispatched drugs worth Rs. 570 million required for the hospitals in uncleared areas of Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi in the North, said Minister of Healthcare and Nutrition Nimal Siripala de Silva.

This was revealed by the Minister when Toon Vandenhove, the Head of delegation of the International Committee of Red Cross met him at his Ministry to discuss about the supply of drugs to the uncleared areas in the Northern Province.

The drugs needed for the third quarter of the year have now been sent to all medical institutions of the area including the two District hospitals in Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu by the Ministry of Health at the request of Provincial Health Directors.

Two hundred and eighty five varieties of drugs including drugs used for surgeries worth over Rs. 320 million have been dispatched to these two district in 10 lorries.