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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sent hundreds of soldiers to key hospitals to help look after patients on Thursday (Jan 11), as hospital orderlies and administrative staff launched a one-day strike nationwide over allowances.
Sri Lanka is in the midst of its worst financial crisis in over seven decades which has sent the cost of living soaring and forced the government to increase taxes and limit public employees' perks.
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