The India funded ambulance service which was begun recently saw the birth of a baby from Matara. The ambulance service was called as the young 28-year old expectant mother was in labour, however while on the way to hospital she gave birth to the baby in the ambulance with the aid of trained paramedics.
The ambulance service is the country's first free service rendered in the Western and Southern provinces and launched with 88 ambulances. The local subsidiary of the service is GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute, the world's largest integrated ambulance service provider.
The service is funded entirely by an Indian government grant of Rs. 1 billion.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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