Rs.30 million for seminar on kidney disease

WEDNESDAY, 06 APRIL 2016

The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management has got an estimate for Rs. 30,800,000 passed for a conference titled ‘Nation without Poison and Overcome Kidney Disease’ to be held at BMICH today (6th).

Among the expenses quoted are Rs.6 million for food, Rs.8 million for lighting, sounds and backdrops, Rs. 7.5 million for transport of farmers, Rs. 4 million for bags with almanacs and souvenirs.

Speaking regarding this the National Organizer of All Ceylon Farmer s’ Federation Namal Karunaratna said rulers wasting such large sums of money in an environment where kidney patients die due to lack of dialysis machines, other equipment and medicines in hospitals in Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts where kidney disease has spread alarmingly should be condemned.