Health Minister (Dr) Rajitha Senaratne has said that another consignment of drugs would be imported into the country by next week.
Responding to a question posed by JVP MP Nalinda Jayatissa in Parliament today (Feb 05) , MP Senaratne said that the 51-day crisis was one of the main reason for the shortage in drugs.
MP Jayatissa raised a question concerning the measures the Health Ministry would take to resolve the shortage of drugs especially for kidney and cancer patients.
In response, the Health Minister said that he ensured that all hopsitals had sufficient supplies of drugs before the 51-day crisis unfolded last year.
"However, the second consignment of drugs reached the country on December 22. I spoke to the company from which we imported the drugs from and they would be sending us another consignment of drugs by next week," he said.
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.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
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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