Tissa Attanayake who acted like a hero while escorted to prison within an hour becomes a victim of hypertension
The day before yesterday the former general secretary of the United National Party was sentenced to prison for 1 1/2 months after the case against him for producing dubious documents.He behaved like a real hero when he was taken to prison.
But it is reproved that within an hour in the prison he had fallen ill with hypertension and had been admitted to the prison hospital.It is said that according to the reports of the prison doctor he has been
admitted to the prison hospital.Hence Tissa Sttanayake had joined prisoners like Duminda Silva, Sarath Weerawansa and others in the prison hospital.It is the practice for every prisoner to be checked as they come in initially and on the recommendations of the prison doctor action is initiated.This has been revealed by the media commissioner of prison.