Kumaratunga seeks further treatment

Kumaratunga seeks further treatment

COLOMBO (AP): President Chandrika Kumaratunga has left for the United States and Britain to seek further medical treatment for her right eye, blinded in a suicide bomber attack in December, a government official said on Wednesday.

Kumaratunga left the island late on Tuesday, said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

He did not answer when asked whether Kumaratunga would seek medical care in both countries and did not explain what treatment she was seeking.

Although Kumaratunga has been observed to be without sight in her right eye, government officials have not officially commented on the extent of her injury, and usually refer to it only as "damage."