(Lanka-e-News -11.Oct.2011, 11.45 P.M.) The Minister of health Maithripala Sirisena had dissolved the Sri Jayawardena Hospital Board of Directors with immediate effect allegedly on grounds of inefficiency. Dumminda Silva , the prime suspect in the murder of Bharatha Lakshman is being treated at the Jayawardena Hospital. Until the time of dissolution there had not surfaced any such issues of inefficiency against the Board. A new Board is to be appointed next week.
Meanwhile the CID had told the Director of the Jayawardena Hospital , Gamage yesterday not to reveal anything to the media.
A Doctor attached to the Jayawardena Hospital who did not wish to mention his name speaking to Lanka e news , said, the Duminda Silva episode has nothing to do with this dissolution of the Board , and the Minister was waiting for an opportune moment to change the Board since there was a lot of corruption and frauds plaguing the place. The Minister only took advantage of the present crisis to achieve his long awaited aim.
There are however rumors afloat that the dissolution of the Board stemmed from the removal of the machine that was connected to Dumminda Silva. Since the trade unions had expressed bitter resentment against the deployment of about 250 gangsters and supporters of Dumminda Silva in and around the Hospital , all of them had been withdrawn from the Hospital premises. Now , the security is provided by Army soldiers.
After the admission of Duminda Silva to the Hospital , Gotabaya had taken special pains to provide army security to the Hospital , to his family as well as his relatives.
Based on information from internal sources of Duminda Silva’s family , they are trying to make arrangements to take Duminda to Singapore for further treatment.
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