Responding to an urgent request from the Government of Sri Lanka, India has gifted 50,000 ampoules of Furosemide injection 20mg/2ml to cater to its shortage in Sri Lankan hospitals in the immediate term.
The consignment was today handed over by the High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha to the Minister of Health and Mass Media of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa at an event held at the Ministry of Health.
Dr Anil Jasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Dedunu Dias, Director, Medical Supply Division, and other senior officials from Government of Sri Lanka also attended the event.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, India supplied over 25 tons of medicines on a special aircraft to Sri Lanka in May 2020; gifted 500,000 doses of Covishield vaccine in January 2021; and 1 lakh Rapid Antigen Test kits in February 2022.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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