Sri Lankan Nurse

New Delhi: A total of 23 Indian fishermen, who were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly entering the country's water, have been released by the authorities, the Indian High Commission said on Friday. Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, the India High Commission said, "23 Indian fishermen were repatriated back to their homes today morning from Colombo. Notably, on July 12, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested six Indian fishermen for violating maritime boundaries. Apart from this, on July 3, at least 12 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters. Sri Lankan arrested these fishermen as a part of their patrols to cut illegal fishing in the country's waters to minimize the impact of poaching on the local fishermen. Apart from this, on July 3, at least 12 Indian fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waves.

Part 3 of a three part series on the history of Rockfeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. William P. Jacocks was a doctor of public health. In , Jacocks undertook a study to access the needs of public health personnel in Sri Lanka and found that there were no public health nurses in the country. The public health nurse was an essential position in the health unit program, and in , there were five health units, with two more on the way, none of which had public health nurses. In , the government began training public health nurses at the Kalutara health unit.

The six-day strike by nurses in state hospitals demanding to resolve their salary anomalies severely affected the patients. However, despite the gazette notification issued making patient care services an essential service, other health sector trade unions are continuing their strike for the 6th day today. Due to the strike the activities at many state hospitals were disrupted today as well. Ravi Kumudesh, president of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists and Professionals, said the strike would continue island wide until their issues were resolved. The strike was launched jointly by supplementary and paramedical services and nursing services and professionals from 16 health services including medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists, radiologists, public health inspectors, and family health officers.

Sri Lanka has a free [1] and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. Sri Lankan medical traditions records back to pre historic era. Besides a number of medical discoveries that are only now being acknowledged by western medicine, according to the Mahawansa, the ancient chronicle of Sinhalese royalty King Pandukabhaya had lying-in-homes and hospitals Sivikasotthi-Sala built in various parts of the country after having fortified his capital at Anuradhapura in the 4th century BCE. Several Sinhalese kings in ancient Sri Lanka are known to be practitioners of medicine, King Buddhadasa — AC was said to be adept in general medicine, surgery, midwifery and veterinary medicine and he is known for the surgical operation on an outcaste Chandala woman in order to deliver her child and the surgical removal of a lump in the belly of a snake.