Latest Medical Findings on Alcohol Drinking – By Sam Fernando Source : Qld Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2023 The Radio 4EB Arunella program on 4 June included a segment on latest medical findings on light and moderate alcohol drinking. A well experienced medical practitioner provided advice on the subject, based on recent advice from the World Health Organisation. This article highlights salient points discussed in the above program. To listen to the full program go to: https://www.4eb.org.au/shows/arunella/ and select the program dated 4th June. What is alcohol? • Alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance. • It is water soluble and fat soluble. It has no trouble in passing through organs and cells in the body fast. • Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows functioning of the central nervous system. • It is classified as a Group 1 Carcinogen by the International Agency for Research ...
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They can’t breathe Source:Island Tuesday 27th April, 2021 Several issues have troubled this country during the last several months, and eclipsed the most important one—the pandemic. The focus of the public has recently shifted from contaminated cooking oil to overpriced cooking gas. There has been a furore over the state-owned gas company duping and fleecing the public. This issue has to be sorted out fast, but cooking gas will be the least of Sri Lanka’s problems if the pandemic situation worsens, as feared. The country’s focus must now be on how to ensure a steady supply of oxygen to hospitals in view of the upsurge in the Covid-19 cases, and the increasing demand for the life-saving gas. Fear is being expressed in health circles that the pandemic situation will spin out of control sooner than expected, and the next wave of infections will overwhelm the health sector, given the high ...
Dr Palitha Abeykoon appointed special envoy of WHO Source:Ceylontoday Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus appointed six Special Envoys on COVID-19, to provide strategic advice and high-level political advocacy and engagement in different parts of the world. The Special Envoys will work in close collaboration with WHO Regional Directors and country offices to coordinate the global response to COVID-19. These envoys include seven Doctors, including Dr Palitha Abeykoon, who is a former Director, Health Systems Development, WHO South-East Asia Regional Office and a Senior Advisor to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health. ...
