The Health Ministry recently replaced a 17-year-old CT scanner at the Matara General Hospital.A senior spokesperson for the Health Ministry told The Island that the new scanner had...
There are plenty of nooses dangling about waiting to receive nooses – to coin a new word for receivers of the hangman’s rope. Hopefully there are...
By Rathindra Kuruwita The Court of Appeal is to announce, on 17 November, its verdict on the early retirement of medical specialists. Specialist doctors said on...
A Sub Committee of Public Accounts (COPA), dealing with health sector administration, has declared that the Health Ministry is directly responsible for the rapid deterioration of...
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 1.8 million phials of meropenem injections, used to treat infections caused by bacteria, would be in the Health Ministry stores by next...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe emphasized the importance of ensuring timely access to drugs and promoting transparency in the pharmaceutical sector during a meeting with the Health Minister,...
We women particularly mourn the death of a beautiful young mother dying in childbirth at the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital due to being given substandard or death...
Saturday 17th June, 2023 A health sector strike is something the public needs like a hole in the head, especially at this juncture. Most people are...
By Rathindra Kuruwita About 25 percent of Sri Lanka’s dengue patients were schoolchildren, a Health Ministry official said on Sunday.Dr. Nalin Ariyaratne, the Director of the...
The Sri Lanka – China Friendship Association donated essential medicines worth Rs. 1.5 million to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in collaboration with the Shanghai...