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Docs strike over death threat
A group of 870 doctors including Specialists, training doctors attached to the Kandy Teaching Hospital held a protest this morning urging the authorities to provide security for them, following a death threat to a doctor.
Due to the protest that lasted for over four hours the functioning of the Hospital came to a standstill, including the OPD.
Following a death of a sport official during an operation at the hospital, doctors have been receiving death threats by a several anonymous callers, doctors had said. They also revealed that later some leaflets had been distributed in the town accusing the doctors for the death of the sport official.
Later a special discussion was held between the Doctors and the Police, who assured to provide enough securities for the Doctors. (JAL)
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