Impartial inquiry into the dispute between nurses and doctors of Peradeniya hospital

Minister of Health Nimal Siripala de Silva instructs Secretary to the Ministry Dr. Athula Kahadaliyanage to conduct an impartial inquiry into the dispute between nurses and doctors of the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital. The secretary will leave for the hospital tomorrow to conduct the inquiry.

The responsible parties were to produce before courts today. The Minister points out that no one has the right to carry out acts of sabotage, even if they have the right to take trade union actions.

It has been reported that certain persons involved in the dispute have removed life supporting Oxygen masks from patients in the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital. They allegedly have also hidden the essential pharmaceutical items. The secretary to the health ministry ordered the Raid and Investigation Unit of the ministry to probe these reports.