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Right to Health of Internally Displaced Persons - IDP SriLanka

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They also face with serious security problems and transport problems in<br />

their efforts <strong>to</strong> take medicines from outside.<br />

7.10. Role <strong>of</strong> health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />

Role <strong>of</strong> health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals and hospital staff is also open <strong>to</strong> discussion<br />

because the right <strong>of</strong> every people <strong>to</strong> receive basic health care from the<br />

government for free and the governments' obligation there<strong>to</strong>, is not<br />

always observed by some health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals and health staff and this is<br />

a black mark for the rest <strong>of</strong> dedicated health pr<strong>of</strong>essionals serving in the<br />

country. Therefore the attitudes and the role <strong>of</strong> health staff have <strong>to</strong> be<br />

developed in focusing rights <strong>of</strong> people. Meanwhile incidents <strong>of</strong> medical<br />

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negligence are also reported due care and diligence by health staff and<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals are required <strong>to</strong> facilitate these marginalized people.<br />

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Source- Complaint No: HRC/AP/01/436/06 mentioning that a boy was dead due <strong>to</strong><br />

wrong injection by a doc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Kekirawa hospital.- Complaint No:(HRC/AP/01/671/06)<br />

,two children have been disabled due <strong>to</strong> wrong injection by a doc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> Anuradhapura<br />

hospital, NPDS for <strong>IDP</strong>s Project,Anuradhapura.<br />

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