Colombo (ICRC) – The International Committee
of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated the handover to the government authorities of a wounded Sri Lanka Army soldier who had been receiving treatment in the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital, in the
LTTE-held area.
Colombo (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today facilitated the handover to the government authorities of a wounded Sri Lanka Army
soldier who had been receiving treatment in the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital, in the LTTE-held area.
The ICRC visited the soldier in the hospital on several occasions to check on his physical
well-being and provide him with toiletries, clothing and bed linen.
In its role as a neutral intermediary between both parties to the conflict, the ICRC was able to arrange for the soldier
to leave the LTTE-held area to receive specialist medical treatment in the government-controlled areas.
For the past three days the ICRC has been negotiating with the parties to secure safe
passage for 70 patients, some of them in a serious condition, to Vavuniya Hospital.
The patients, who were referred by Ministry of Health doctors, urgently require specialist care available
only in government-controlled areas.
For further information, please contact:
Carla Haddad Mardini, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 24 05 or +41 79 217 32 26
Sarasi Wijeratne,
ICRC Colombo, tel: +94 11 250 33 46 or +94 773 1588 44
Relatives mourn as they prepare to bury the bodies of seven ethnic Tamil civilians in Vavuniya January 12, 2009. The victims died in an ambush in Sri Lanka's far north while ...
