Sri Lanka, Feb. 16 -- A tense situation arose in front of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) in Colombo this evening (16), as the minor staff of the hospital commenced a demonstration against the Deputy Director of the hospital Dr. Rukshan Bellana.

Thus, police anti-riot squad had also been deployed to beef up the security of the hospital premises, Ada Derana reporter said.

Earlier today, it was reported that Dr. Bellana was forcibly held inside his office by the minor staff of the hospital.

A collective of 72 health sector trade unions recently carried out an island-wide strike action over disparities in allowances, which was heavily criticized by Dr. Bellana.

However on Wednesday (14), the health trade unions decided to call ...