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Patients Carried to the Ambulance

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  • 1982-10-15

Injured patients being carried in a stretcher to the waiting ambulance when a portion of the Mental Hospital building at Angoda collapsed yesterday. (Pic. by Palitha Lakshman de Silva)

Palitha Lakshman de Silva

Injured Person at Building Collapse

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  • 1980-10-15

Rescuing the patients from the collapsed building was carried out by the fire service department and the locals. A fire fighter is carrying a rescued, injured person to the ambulance. (Photo by Palitha Lakshman de Silva)

Palitha Lakshman de Silva

Prime Minister R. Premadasa at Angoda Mental Hospital

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  • 1982-10-16

The Prime Minister R. Premadasa visited the Angoda mental hospital grounds, where a part of a three-storey building had collapsed, killing five patients and causing injuries to six more. The Minister for the Colombo District, Mr. Weerasinghe Malli...

S. Chithrananda