Gratitude to healers

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A special commemoration ceremony was held yesterday at Temple Trees to mark International Nurses Day. Here President Mahinda Rajapaksa presents an award of appreciation to a retired nurse at the event. Chairman of the Public Service Health Nurses’ Association Ven. Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera, Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Irrigation and Water Resources Management Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, Western Province Governor Alavi Moulana, Attorney General Mohan Peiris, Secretary to the Ministry of Health Dr. Ravindra Ruberu and a large number of nurses participated in the occasion – Pic by Sudath Silva