Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa admitted to hospital

Reports on October 12 gave conflicting accounts of former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s health. Daily Mirror, Dinamina and several other outlets said he had been admitted to a private hospital in Colombo. Daily Mirror and Sri Lanka Mirror identified Nawaloka Hospital; Dinamina did not name the facility.

Daily Mirror, Divaina and Tamilmirror reported that he had suffered a sudden health problem while at his home in Kirulapone. Daily Mirror described it as a cardiac issue. Divaina said sources close to him reported that specialists were involved, but its available report does not provide further details.

Newswire gave a different account, reporting that Rajapaksa’s team said he had gone to a Colombo private hospital for a routine medical checkup. A team source told the outlet that the 80-year-old was stable and denied reports of a serious illness or treatment in intensive care. Sri Lanka Mirror, by contrast, reported that he was receiving ICU care at Nawaloka.

Lankadeepa reported that Rajapaksa’s spokesman, lawyer Manoj Gamage, said he had been hospitalised but was not mentally distressed. Separately, an Ada Derana headline said reports of Rajapaksa’s hospitalisation were false, without further detail in the material provided. The reports do not clarify the discrepancy.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.