A request to release funds has been made to the Finance Ministry to immediately purchase essential medicines, including life-saving drugs, said Prof Channa Jayasumana, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals.
He said the request was made in order to prevent a severe drug shortage in the coming weeks.
"Due to the dollar crisis, it has been extremely difficult to open Line of Credit (LC)s to bring down essential medicines, especially drugs used for cancer treatment from India and China. We met the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and expressed our concern as there is a life-saving drug shortage already,” he said.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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