More than Rs 1.5 b allocated to import special injections : Minister Rajitha Senaratne

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The treasury has approved a sum of Rs 1573 million to import insulin, Tenecteplase, and haemophilia injections with immediate effect.

A total of 10,000 insulin injections will be imported at a cost of Rs 765 million, Health Minister (Dr.) Rajitha Senaratne said.

He added that Tenecteplase injections which are used by heart patients to dissolve blood clots would be imported at a cost of Rs 237 million.

"Each Tenecteplase injection costs around Rs 200,000," Minister Senaratne noted adding that 50,000 of the said injection would be imported in due course.

Further, a sum of Rs 571 million will be spent on importing 52,000 hemophilia injections which are used to assist in blood clotting.

(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)

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