8 September 2017 01:27 pm
Prisons Reforms Ministry Spokesman Dumidu Bandara said they were admitted to hospital as they had complained of suffering from diabetes.
Meanwhile, he said they were drafting a document making the consent of the Prisons Department Commissioner General mandatory if a prisoner was to be admittedto the Prison Hospital.
Currently, this is done with only the consent of the prison hospital’s doctor. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)