A DNA test to be carried out to identify to the person who stole stock of drugs from the pharmacy stores of Kandy National Hospital. The Police has found a blood strain from the surroundings where the drugs were kept and they are seeking to obtain a DNA report to determine whether the parts obtained from a blood stain at the relevant place are compatible with the blood samples of a minor hospital employee who is suspected of the incident
The Chief Pharmacist of the hospital had lodged a complaint with the Kandy Police on the 8th regarding the theft of these anesthetic drugs.
The complaint states that 10 boxes containing anesthetics have been stolen.
Police are investigating the incident through a blood stain in the drug store.
Following suspicions that a minor employee involved in a previous theft of a computer at the hospital may have committed the theft, the police have taken a blood sample of the person concerned and sent it for a DNA test to verify that it is compatible with the blood in the drug store.
The crime branch is conducting investigations on the instructions of Kandy Police Headquarters Chief Inspector Thusitha Halangoda.
