Minister of Tourism, Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga today (29) visited the Israeli young women who was being treated at a Private Hospital in Colombo for injuries sustained after falling from the Ravana Falls.

EDEN SIRI (23), an Israeli young women who visited Sri Lanka with her boyfriend a few weeks ago, visited Ravana Falls on September 15.  She slipped and fell while climbing a rock at the top of the falls.  She was admitted to the Badulla Hospital and has been in a coma for several days.  Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority has intervened and made the necessary arrangements and admitted her to a private hospital in Colombo.  She is currently recovering after several surgeries and the Authority has intervened to bring the girl's mother and father to the island, said the Director General of the Tourism Development Authority, Mrs. Dhammika Wijesinghe.

Minister, Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga visited the young women at the hospital this morning and inquired about her condition.  She is expected to leave the island tomorrow and the Minister has taken steps to provide the necessary facilities for that.  The young woman told the Minister of Tourism that she was deeply in love with Sri Lanka and hoped to return to Sri Lanka once fully recovered.

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