Hospital services were crippled due to the 24 hour island wide token strike launched by the Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) today.
The strike will end tomorrow at 8.00 am.
According to the Colombo National Hospital Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe, the clinics of the hospital were affected by the strike.
A similar situation reported from the Kandy General Hospital where OPD was also affected.
Several clinics and OPDs of state hospitals did not function as usual, affecting a large number of patients to face various difficulties.
The private practice was also halted by the GMOA doctors.
Accident services, maternity hospitals, children's hospitals, Maharagama cancer hospital, Kidney Hospital and dialysis units, cancer units and hospitals of armed forces were not affected by the strike.