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Watch: In Sri Lanka doctors and healthcare workers protest as hospitals runs out of medical supplies

The protests took place in the capital city of Colombo.

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Apr 07, 2022 · 11:07 am
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VIDEO: Students, doctors protest in Sri Lanka.

Medical students storm and occupy the health ministry in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo while doctors, nurses and health workers stage a protest against the shortage of drugs as a result of the nation's deepening economic crisis pic.twitter.com/A8fQiPjTAG

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 7, 2022

Massive protest by the Doctors at the National Hospital in Colombo.pic.twitter.com/YsVImoKUXn #LKA #SriLanka @rajeevmenonsl

— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 💉 (@SriLankaTweet) April 6, 2022

As Sri Lanka’s economic crisis deepens, the country’s doctors have taken to the streets to protest after hospitals run out of essential medicines https://t.co/TP7YG8KAkn pic.twitter.com/5oe1YrJ5dF

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 6, 2022
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