As per the recommendations of the 2nd National Commission on Labour, the ministry is codifying existing 44 central labour laws into four codes by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the legislations.
The State Board of Medical Examiners found that Dr Santusht Perera removed a portion of right lung of 60-year-old Richard Flagg when he should have been operated on a tumour in the left lung, then lied and altered documents in an attempt to cover up the mistake.