Deputy DGHS says it receives complaints about festive events ignoring health guidelines

The Deputy Director-General of Health Services Dr. Hemantha Herath says that complaints are coming in from various quarters regarding non-adherence to health guidelines, especially at events organized coinciding with the festive season in various parts of the island.

 

Therefore, he emphasized that it is virtually impossible to control these activities or to ensure that these activities are carried out according to the health guidelines by having some kind of a monitoring or policing system by the health workers at all these events.

 

Dr. Herath said that is why they emphasize that it is the responsibility of the owners of the venues of these parties, events and other festivals that they are carried out according to the stipulated health guidelines and that the organisers of these events also should take the responsibility to ensure this.