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CT scanners, MRI scanners, DSA, cardiac catheterization units to be provided under public private partnerships
Includes 2,891 scooters for midwives and 1,350 motorbikes for public health inspectors
Institute of Policy Studies explores impact of climate change and disasters on the country’s healthcare system
The visit was organized by AHK Sri Lanka
Rupee has depreciated around 8 percent in the last six months
"If you have any respiratory symptoms, please avoid gatherings as this could spread the disease."
Concerns have been raised that coconut oil is being adulterated with other edible oils
Pediatrician says those with symptoms should wear face masks and that children with symptoms should be kept at home.
"Governments, international organizations and the private sector must collaborate and share information transparently"
"These trucks will help us reach every child in every corner of Sri Lanka with the right vaccine at the right time."
India's Tata Sons (Pvt) Ltd will gift 50 ambulances, and ADB 45, to Suwaseriya paramedic ambulance service
Prepared by a panel of experts on the advice and guidance of the World Health Organization.
Medical and health staff sometimes do not listen to the patient. Ministry of Health received nearly 700 complaints
Will change medical ordinance to accept medical degrees awarded by internationally recognized unis
Sri Lanka has seen sharp rise in number of AIDS-infected people in the last year
Cabinet, health officials, companies involved in supply of Human-IG, Customs, Police, CIABOC, among 66 respondent
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A shortage of drugs due to Yukthiya crackdown has led some addicts to look for alternative medicines, minister says
“When the social phobia is there for these diseases people won’t come and get their treatment,”
"In collaboration with the Department of Ayurveda, we are establishing ‘Body Mantra’ massage centres across the coun...
“Sick people are willing to pay.”
Former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, contributed towards construction after witnessing tsunami devastation
Minister of Justice said that religious leaders were blocking attempts to legalise abortion in some instances
M H Omar Liver Care Facility, Ragama to boost Sri Lanka as premier destination for liver transplant surgeries in region
A child of 14 years who consents for sex is mostly unaware of the potential repercussions of the sexual act
Program seeks to address nutritional deficiencies among students, enhance attendance rates, instill healthy eating habit
Wickremesinghe noted that approximately 30 to 40 out of every 100 doctors or nurses trained in the country opt to leave
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