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Only 148 of Sri Lanka’s 455 elders’ homes registered – Minister after fire tragedy
The elders' home in Anguruwathota, Horana, where a fire claimed the lives of 12 residents earlier this week, had been
Summary
At present, five more individuals injured in the fire are continuing to receive treatment at the Horana Base Hospital. Police further revealed that there were 70 individuals present at the care home at the time the fire broke out. The exact cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
What this story is about
People
- Lakmini Widanagamage
- Upali Pannilage
- Anushka Perera
- Sunanda Herath
Organisations
- Horana4
- National Secretariat for Elders2
- Anguruwatota Police2
- Horana Magistrate2
- Rural Development, Social Security and Community
- National Secretariat for Elders informed Police
- Protection of the Rights of Elders Act No
- Horana Magistrate Lakmini Vidanagamage
Places
- Anguruwatota8
- Batagoda5
- Horana Base Hospital2
- Anguruwathota2
- Mawpiya Sewana Senehase Kedella
- Horana District Hospital
- Kalutara District
- Horana Hospital
Keywords
- home8
- fire7
- broke4
- death4
- toll4
- rises3
- registered2
- arrested2
- after2
- hospitalised
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