Author Archive for Health

AACE—Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award 2024, for Recognizing Exceptional Accomplishments

Monday, March 18th, 2024

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Dr. Sunil J. Wimalawansa, MD, PhD, MBA, DSc, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, will be honored with the 2024 Eugene T. Davidson, MD, Public Service Award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE). The award ceremony will occur during the 33rd Annual Scientific & Clinical Congress in […]

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Snakebite is a public health problem  

Sunday, March 3rd, 2024

By P.K.Balachandran/Sunday Observer Snake watches as a farmer works in his field in India Colombo, March 3: Bites of venomous snakes cause significant morbidity and mortality in the rural areas of tropical countries. Despite this, until recently, snakebites did not receive the attention they deserved as a public health problem. The main reason for this […]

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Research links COVID-19 vaccines with increased heart risks, brain and blood disorders

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana Amidst the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines emerged as a beacon of hope, offering humanity a vital tool against the deadly virus. However, recent research has introduced a concerning twist to this narrative. Since the onset of the pandemic, approximately 13.5 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, marking a significant milestone […]

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Air quality in several districts drop to unhealthy levels

Sunday, February 11th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has warned that the quality of air in parts of the island has dropped further to unhealthy levels. Accordingly, the NBRO highlighted that apart from Nuwara Eliya, the air quality in all other districts is at an unhealthy level, with Colombo, Kandy and Jaffna recording particularly high […]

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Sri Lanka paid $465,000 for life-saving drugs that turned out to be mostly water

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

Courtesy Times Malta Former health minister detained over fake medicines scandalWorldSri LankaHealth Former Sri Lankan health minister Keheliya Rambukwella is being investigated in connection with the scam. Photo: AFP A Sri Lankan court remanded a senior cabinet minister in custody Saturday over the purchase of fake medicines for state hospitals when he was in charge […]

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රට වටේම රෝගීන් අසරණවෙයි…”අපි මැරුණත් මේක ඉවරවෙන්නේ නෑ මහත්තයෝ”..

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

Ada Derana

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Air ambulance service between Maldives-Sri Lanka to begin on March 01

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 30 (Daily Mirror) – An air ambulance service between the Maldives and the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) will start on March 1 this year as part of Phase I of the programme, Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. The announcement was made following a special […]

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Sri Lanka scales up preventive health care, with impressive results

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

ANNA BJERDE Courtesy Worldbank blogs A recent visit to Sri Lanka took me to the Kopay Divisional Hospital in the Jaffna District in the northern part of the country. For the close to 16,000 people living in the area, this hospital serves as the first point of care.  It is also one of the primary […]

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Karapitiya medical officers, patients & local residents seek justice for arrested senior oncologist

Friday, January 19th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana The medical officers and nurses of the oncology unit of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, together with the patients and residents of the area staged a demonstration on Friday (Jan.19), seeking justice for the senior oncologist arrested over an alleged assault. Dr. S.C.R. Perera, 61, was arrested for purportedly assaulting a female junior staff […]

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සිත් තැවුලට පත් විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරයා ගත් තීරණය… ”උදේ 04 ඉඳන් ඇහැරිලා ලෙඩ්ඩුන්ට සේවය කළ කෙනෙක්”

Friday, January 19th, 2024

Ada Derana

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Oncologist at Karapitiya Hospital voluntarily retires, following assault accusations

Friday, January 19th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News Colombo, January 19, 2024 – The Senior Oncologist at Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, who was recently arrested for an alleged assault, has decided to retire voluntarily. His letter of retirement has been submitted to the Ministry of Health, according to the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA). The decision to retire comes in the […]

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WHO’s praise for Maldives, Sri Lanka: ‘Earnest efforts to control Hepatitis B’

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Courtesy The Hindustan Times This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries have had consistently high coverage of Hepatitis B vaccine doses. Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved control over hepatitis B disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday. This comes after an expert panel verified that the two countries […]

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Sri Lanka faces soaring Dengue cases, logs 380 cases daily

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

By SHEAIN FERNANDOPULLE Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 16 (Daily Mirror) –  Sri Lanka is grappling with a surge in Dengue fever cases, logging a staggering 380 cases per day.  Health experts have raised alarm bells as the country battles this alarming spike in mosquito-borne illnesses. The latest data from the Epidemiology Unit, as of […]

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Bottled water contains up to 100 times more plastic than previously estimated

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

Courtesy Hiru News Bottled water contains up to 100 times more tiny pieces of plastic than was previously estimated, scientists said. The average liter of bottled water contains around 240,000 detectable plastic fragments, researchers wrote in a study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They were able to find […]

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Hotline for inquiries on dengue

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

By AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan. 06 (Daily Mirror)- The Health Ministry has introduced a hotline number for people to contact on matters related to the prevention and control of the dengue epidemic. Director of the National Dengue Control Unit Dr. Sudath Samaraweera said members of the public can contact the hotline number […]

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Nationwide Measles vaccination drive kicks off

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Jan 06 (Daily Mirror) –  The Health Ministry today commenced the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Supplementary Immunization Activity across all immunization clinic centres in nine high-risk health districts. The targeted areas include Colombo (including the CMC area), Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala, and Kalmunai. Running from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 […]

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Sri Lanka launches dengue eradication week

Friday, January 5th, 2024

Courtesy People’s Daily Online COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry has declared a countrywide dengue prevention week from Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, said the National Dengue Control Unit on Thursday. Addressing a press conference in Colombo to announce the initiative, Sudath Samaraweera, the director of the National Dengue Control Unit, said […]

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VAT exemptions for Ayurvedic products, medicines aims to reduce healthcare costs – State Minister

Friday, January 5th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana The State Minister of Indigenous Medicine, Sisira Jayakody announced on Thursday (Jan.04) that athe government has taken a significant step towards reducing healthcare costs by exempting Ayurvedic products, medicines and industries-related to indigenous medicine from Value Added Tax (VAT). The decision aims to make traditional medicine more accessible to the public, he explained. […]

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UNICEF, WHO to support Sri Lanka’s supplementary measles immunization activity

Thursday, January 4th, 2024

Courtesy Adaderana UNICEF, together with the World Health Organization (WHO), has planned to support the Health Ministry in implementing a supplementary measles immunization activity (SIA) in Sri Lanka aimed at controlling the ongoing measles outbreak, midst over 700 measles cases reported in the country since May 2023.  The SIA will be launched in two phases; […]

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Drug procurement scam: Cabinet Office hands over documents to CID

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Rambukwella Incriminating fresh statement from cancer drug supplier recorded The Cabinet Office has handed over the documents requested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) investigating the procurement of fake immunoglobulin by the Health Ministry. Authoritative sources said that the two sets of documents had been handed over to the […]

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Health Min. calls for report on patient’s death due to apparent ‘carbon dioxide’ administration

Saturday, December 30th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Health Ramesh Pathirana has called for a report from the Director of the Colombo National Hospital on the death of a patient, which is linked to the ostensible administration of high levels of carbon dioxide. Recently, reports were rife that a patient under medical care at the Colombo National Hospital was […]

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Alarm raised as more than 87,000 dengue cases reported in 2023

Friday, December 29th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana Over 10,000 cases of dengue infections have been recorded in the month of December alone, bringing the total number of infections reported in 2023 to 87,078. Accordingly, 10,600 novel dengue cases were witnessed within this month alone, with the highest number of infections being recorded from the Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara districts, as […]

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Measles raises its head again: Health Ministry all out to eradicate it

Thursday, December 28th, 2023

Courtesy The Island Dr. Palitha Mahipala By Rathindra Kuruwita Health Secretary Dr. Palitha Mahipala said on Thursday that over 700 cases of measles had been reported since May 2023, mostly from the Colombo District.Gampaha, Kalutara, Galle, Matara, Kandy, Jaffna, Kurunegala, and Ampara were among the districts affected by the spread of measles, Dr. Maheepala said. […]

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CID records statement of ex-Health Minister Keheliya

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023

Courtesy Adaderana A team from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is currently recording a statement from former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at his residence, the police said. The relevant statement is being recorded over the controversial sub-standard Immunoglobulin import issue, according to police. Accordingly, a team of officers from the CID had visited the Environment […]

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Sri Lanka reports Covid death after prolonged period

Sunday, December 24th, 2023

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Kandy, Dec 24 (Daily Mirror)- A suspected Covid-19 death was reported from the National Hospital in Kandy yesterday (23). According to sources, the victim is a 65-year-old man from the Atgala area of Gampola. The individual was initially admitted with breathing difficulties and a lung infection, and a post-mortem PCR test […]

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Procurement Committee headed by Health Secy. accepted forged registration

Saturday, December 23rd, 2023

Courtesy The Island Fake Immunoglobulin: … suspect in touch with Health Ministry since 2013 Keheliya Rambukwella Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday (22) said that in spite of the then Chief Executive Officer and Director General of National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) declaring that the proprietor of Isolez Biotech Pharma AG Sugath Janaka Fernando alias Aruna […]

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Letter from India — Stop WHO World Health Organization’s ‘Pandemic Preparedness’ Treaty

Wednesday, December 20th, 2023

Letter to India’s prime minister and the minister of health  The global pandemic preparedness accord (‘pandemic treaty’) currently being put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO) will pave the way for a fascist approach to societal management.” The beneficiaries will be unscrupulous corporations and investors whom the COVID‐19 response served well. This will […]

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Enhancing fall-back power of the brain

Friday, December 8th, 2023

Courtesy The Island BY Dr B. J. C. PereraMBBS(Cey), DCH(Cey), DCH(Eng), MD(Paed), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lon), FRCPCH(UK), FSLCPaed, FCCP, Hony FRCPCH(UK), Hony. FCGP(SL)Specialist Consultant Paediatrician and Honorary Senior Fellow, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a well-known fact that many organs of the human body have some reserve quantum to fall […]

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Eradicating CKDu From Sri Lanka is Straightforward—What is Preventing it?

Friday, December 8th, 2023

by Drs. Sunil J. Wimalawansa (Prof. of Medicine)and Chandra B. Dissanayake (Prof. of Geology) Since identifying chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka in the mid-1990s, little progress has been made in aetiology and prevention. Despite the numerous hypotheses and conjectures—with more than 35—none have been thoroughly studied or substantiated as the […]

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Concept of Immunology in Ayurveda

Saturday, December 2nd, 2023

By Dr. Sasika Palathiratnem BAMS (Hons.) – FIM, UoC Courtesy The Island Ayurveda is a holistic system of medicine with Vedic roots that originated in India about 5,000 years ago. Ayurveda is not only a complete system of medicine but also a scientific philosophy of life, with the two main objectives of prevention and curing of […]

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