SRI LANKA NEWS IN BRIEF (OCTOBER 2016) – Compiled by Victor Melder Community Medicine Specialist of the Sri Lanka Family Health Bureau Dr. Kapila Jayaratne yesterday said that around 270,000 children below 16 years were hospitalised due to accidents annually and of them 2,600 succumbed to their injuries. Dr. Jayaratne said the majority of little victims were pronounced dead before admission to hospital and only 150 died in hospital. Dr. Jayaratne said there was a dire need for victims of accidents to be brought to hospital immediately in a proper manner. He said there had been an increase in the deaths of children due to accidents while the maternal and new born deaths were at a low level. Dr. Jayaratne said children’s deaths were mostly due to homicides, road accidents, drowning, burns, poisoning etc. Of the victims 50 percent were under the age of ten, he said. According to police ...
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