All the minor surgeries had to be postponed. Sometimes suture materials were not available even for caesarian operations and childbirth. I don't know why the government is not supplying such essential items. The cost of living in Jaffna was ever increasing. Even with a monthly income of 8,000-9,000 rupees you find it difficult to live in Jaffna.
Public servants have to do farming or other small business to survive.
Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city. One bomb was dropped on the third house from ours. The LTTE camp in the area was half a mile away. Once a newspaper carried a cartoon that requested people to go to the LTTE camp because it would be the only place that wouldn't be bombed. Once the military occupied the city, he and his fellow medical students were harassed, as was the entire population.