24.05.2009
Major General G. A. Chandrasiri,
Competent Authority - IDP Affairs,
Security Forces Head Quarters,
Vavuniya.
Dear General,
I shall be very thankful to you if would kindly consider with sympathy the pathetic plight of the above category of IDPs and release them from the welfare centres for specified short periods.
I need not remind you that, till they were rescued from Mullivaikal they underwent immense hardships. With no proper food and rest and with limited supply of Triposa, they are much under-nourished and weak. They could have access to any of their requirements only after coming into the welfare centres.
I believe that there are about one thousand such cases in various camps in Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna. All of them have relations and friends in the North. Very special care and attention is needed for mothers in advanced stage of pregnancy and mothers and the infants for 31 days after delivery. Negligence can lead to so many complications such as death of the mother, the child or both. Deformity may occur to the child. Infection to the infants could also cause damage to their health. Possibilities of still-birth are also there. Some customary treatment is also given to the mother and the child. There are some caesarian cases also and their sufferings cannot be described in words. I do not think that this category of persons are of any security threat.
I shall consider it as a great favour if the mothers who had delivered babies and the expectant mothers in an advanced stage of pregnancy are handed over to the relatives or friends who are prepared to takes charge of them and look after them for a specified period, which you consider as reasonable.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
Copies to:-
1. His Excellency the President
2. Hon. Basil Rajapakse, Chairman – STF
3. Secretary, Ministry of Defence
4. Brigadier L. C. Perera, Chief Coordinator – IDP Affairs
5. Government Agent – Vavuniya
6. Government Agent – Mullaitheevu.
7. Government Agent – Kilinochchi
Major General G. A. Chandrasiri,
Competent Authority - IDP Affairs,
Security Forces Head Quarters,
Vavuniya.
Dear General,
PATHETIC PLIGHT OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHERS AND MOTHERS WITH INFANTS.
I shall be very thankful to you if would kindly consider with sympathy the pathetic plight of the above category of IDPs and release them from the welfare centres for specified short periods.
I need not remind you that, till they were rescued from Mullivaikal they underwent immense hardships. With no proper food and rest and with limited supply of Triposa, they are much under-nourished and weak. They could have access to any of their requirements only after coming into the welfare centres.
I believe that there are about one thousand such cases in various camps in Vavuniya, Mannar and Jaffna. All of them have relations and friends in the North. Very special care and attention is needed for mothers in advanced stage of pregnancy and mothers and the infants for 31 days after delivery. Negligence can lead to so many complications such as death of the mother, the child or both. Deformity may occur to the child. Infection to the infants could also cause damage to their health. Possibilities of still-birth are also there. Some customary treatment is also given to the mother and the child. There are some caesarian cases also and their sufferings cannot be described in words. I do not think that this category of persons are of any security threat.
I shall consider it as a great favour if the mothers who had delivered babies and the expectant mothers in an advanced stage of pregnancy are handed over to the relatives or friends who are prepared to takes charge of them and look after them for a specified period, which you consider as reasonable.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
V. Anandasangaree,
President – TULF.
Copies to:-
1. His Excellency the President
2. Hon. Basil Rajapakse, Chairman – STF
3. Secretary, Ministry of Defence
4. Brigadier L. C. Perera, Chief Coordinator – IDP Affairs
5. Government Agent – Vavuniya
6. Government Agent – Mullaitheevu.
7. Government Agent – Kilinochchi
