Illegal medical laboratory and dispensary closed down

The Nuwara Eliya District Health Services Director’s Office took action to close down the illegal medical laboratory and dispensary in Lindulla, Meraya area on July 5. After an investigation by the Director of Health Services, Nuwara Eliya and the Public Health Medical Office Lindulla , the medical lab has been shut down as a person with no proper knowledge of its operations has released patients’ medical records using someone else’s rubber stamps. They do not have proper license to run the lab and dispensary.

Nuwara Eliya District Health Services Director Dr. Nishanka Wijewardena said the laboratory and the dispensary were closed because medical reports were issued by an untrained person. Reshni Durairaj, Public Health Medical Officer of Lindulla, said that based on the information we got, we went with the Lindulla Police and conducted necessary investigations. After that took steps to close the dispensary immediately due to the lack of any documents for legal registration. It is mandatory to obtain permission from the Ministry of Health to run dispensaries and laboratories. Similarly, while running the laboratories, trained and experienced officers should be employed there. But here they have not received any permission from the Ministry of Health.

She said that such laboratories cannot be run by ordinary people . Therefore, we took steps to close down the dispensary immediately she added.