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Sajith wants immediate action to halt use of substandard anaesthetic that causes deaths
By Saman Indrajith
Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday demanded in Parliament to know from the government why it had not taken immediate action to prevent the deaths of patients due to a substandard anaesthetic used in government hospitals.
Premadasa said the drug in question had caused the deaths of two persons at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital, but no action to stop its use had been taken.
“The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) recently gave an assurance to the public that it would recall the remaining stocks of the substandard anaesthetic, but nothing has been done since then, and it is still being administered in the hospitals,” Premadasa said.
The Opposition Leader requested the Prime Minister to launch an investigation. “The NMRA assured the country that the substandard anaesthetic drugs would be removed from use. But we hear that the deadly drug is still in use,” Premadasa said.
The National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 8 of the 21 seats of the Hambantota Municipal Council while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] secured 7 seats. The Peoples Alliance secured 3 seats, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [SLPP] secured 2 seats and the Sarvajana Balaya seccured one seat.
Independent group 1 secured 1,038 votes to secure 5 of the 11 seats of the Haputhale Urban Council. The National Peoples Power [NPP] secured 4 seats while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya [SJB] secured 2 seats.
The National People’s Power (NPP) polled 2,260 votes (46.18%) to secure 9 of the 19 seats in the Tangalla Urban Council at todays. Local Authorities Election.
THe Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJ) polled 1,397 votes to secure five seats while the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) polled 795 votes to secure 3 seats.
The United National Party (UNP) and the Sarvajana Balaya secure one seat each.
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