Welioya Hospital’s electricity bills unpaid

The Welioya Divisional Hopsital would be forced to close soon as its electricity bills for the past year had not yet been settled.

Welioya Retired Public Servants’ Association President Harischandra Jayakody said that bills totalling Rs.100,000 had stacked up for over a year.

He said that the bills of other hospitals in the district had been settled, adding that the aforesaid hospital was the only functioning one in Welioya.

There was another hospital in the area, however, it had been closed due to a shortage of staff, Jayakody added.