Courtesy AdaDerana Approximately 15 new breast cancer cases are reported daily in Sri Lanka, while about three women die each day due to the disease, health authorities have revealed. Health experts point out that breast cancer is completely curable and that every woman should perform a self-breast examination after the age of 20. The Ministry […]

Soutik Biswas Courtesy BBC News It’s happening again. In early September, a cluster of unexplained child deaths in a small town in Madhya Pradesh sent local health workers scrambling. At least 19 victims – aged one to six – had died within weeks of taking a common cough syrup. Officials tested everything from drinking water […]

Courtesy Adaderana In a breakthrough that reads like a beacon of hope, Russia has announced that its novel cancer vaccine, Enteromix, has demonstrated 100% efficacy and safety in initial human trials.  The news highlights the vaccine’s remarkable performance: patients experienced tumour shrinkage and no serious side effects.  Developed using the same mRNA technology as the […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Japanese government has provided projects worth $3.7 million to improve infectious disease waste management in Sri Lankan government hospitals. Under this initiative, 15 hospitals across all nine provinces will receive medical waste incinerators equipped with temperature control and exhaust gas treatment systems. The Trincomalee General Hospital has already received the infectious […]

Courtesy The Island Dr. Sugathadasa The Government Medical Officers (GMOA) has said it will soon seek a meeting with Health Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayathissa and the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) to discuss the rapid deterioration of health services at government hospitals. GMOA Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa yesterday (22) said that instead of taking […]

by Arundathie Abeysinghe Courtesy PIME Asia News Without renewed agreements with the government, domestic production could drop from the current 25 per cent (the lowest in South Asia), the Sri Lanka Pharma Manufacturers Association warns. Despite investments and growing capacity since 2015, the sector remains fragile, hampered by red tape. Repurchasing is essential for the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Researchers have discovered the Peacock Flower’s potential By Sugath Kulathunga Arachchi In the scrublands and home gardens of Sri Lanka, where fire-orange blooms dance in the tropical heat, a quiet revolution is taking place. The peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), long admired for its beauty and revered in traditional medicine, may hold […]

Courtesy Adaderana A total of 144,250 premises have been inspected island-wide during the National Mosquito Control Week implemented last week, the Media Spokesperson of the National Dengue Control Unit of the Ministry of Health, Community Medical Specialist Dr. Prasheela Samaraweera, said. Speaking at a press conference today (08) to announce the progress of the activities […]

By Dr. N.S. Wijewickrama and Dr. Gamini Withana  Kidney business is an illegal and unethical racket that has spread throughout Sri Lanka. This racket is carried out by a group of seven doctors who make monthly payments to the responsible persons in the health sector and the legal authorities and carry out this business secretly […]

Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, June 29 (Daily Mirror) – The Ministry of Health reported that some 27,932 Dengue cases and 16 deaths were recorded so far this year. The Western Province accounts for 45% of all cases with the Eastern, Sabaragamuwa, and Southern provinces also identified as high-risk zones. Health authorities have confirmed that several […]

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Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, June 17 (Daily Mirror) – Patients were forced to pay between Rs. 120,000 and Rs. 250,000 for a medical item labelled EVD, used in surgeries at a government hospital in 2022 that had been officially procured and supplied to a government hospital at just Rs. 17,500 (its current market value […]

ජර්මානු වෛද්‍ය විද්‍යාලයේ මහාචාර්ය නිශාන් සී විජේසිංහ බිතාන්‍ය යටත් විජිත සමයේ මෙරටට හඳුන්වාඳුක් නත්තසූරිය ශාකය (Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia); ඉතා පුලූල් පාරිසරික සහ දේශගුනික තත්වයන් තුල ව්‍යාප්තවේ. මෙහි බීජ සුලඟින් මෙන්ම ජලයෙනුත් ව්‍යාප්ත වේ. එහි කඳන් ද පහසුවෙන් සිටුවා වගා කළ හැක. එහි පරාගනය මී මැස්සන් විසින් ද පැතිරෙයි. එය කෘෂිකාර්මික වැටවල් ලෙසද භාවිතා කරන […]

Courtesy Hiru News Dr. Deepal Perera, a specialist at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital, has warned of an increase in cases of influenza, chikungunya, and dengue among children. The specialist noted that the rise in dengue and chikungunya cases is attributable to the recent rains brought by adverse weather conditions. Dr. Perera stressed the importance […]

Courtesy Daily mirror Colombo, May 26 (Daily Mirror) – The world’s longest monkey tapeworm was discovered in the stomach of a 10-year-old boy from the Kurunegala District, Medical Research Institute (MRI) Director Dr. Suranga Dulamunna revealed. Speaking to the media, Dr. Dulamunna said that details about the rare monkey tapeworm came to light a few […]

Champa Fernando Secretary, KACPAW (Kandy Association for Community Protection through Animal Welfare) I was more than happy when Dr. Hansaka Wijayamuni, Deputy Health Minister admitted in Parliament today (22/5/2025) that the national rabies eradication and dog population management programme has not provided sustainable results, and noted that something needs to be done to justify the […]

G. A. Lesantha Chathuranga මගේ අංකය: JCPSM/Gen/2025 (26)දිනය: 2025.05.17 ගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය නලින්ද ජයතිස්ස මැතිතුමාගරු සෞඛ්‍ය හා ජනමාධ්‍ය නියෝජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය වෛද්‍ය හංසක විජේමුණි මැතිතුමාසෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් වෛද්‍ය අනිල් ජාසිංහ මහතාඅතිරේක සෞඛ්‍ය ලේකම් (පාලන) II චාමික H ගමගේ මහතාසෞඛ්‍ය සේවා අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වෛද්‍ය අසේල ගුණවර්ධන මැතිතුමා පරිපූරක වෛද්‍ය සේවාව තුල නිර්මාණය වී ඇති ගැටළු […]

By Poojathmi Rivithma Courtesy Daily Mirror Colombo, May 16 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a significant increase in mosquito borne diseases, notably dengue and chikungunya, alongside a rise in influenza cases among children. Consultant Pediatrician, Lady Ridgeway Hospital Dr. Deepal Perera speaking to the Daily Mirror raveled that the spread of dengue […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Health authorities have sounded the alarm over the growing burden of Thalassemia in Sri Lanka, with thousands of children affected and hundreds of thousands unknowingly carrying the gene for the disorder. Thalassemia is a hereditary blood disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce healthy red blood cells Speaking at a […]

වෛද්‍ය ගාමිනී විතාන  වෛද්‍ය වෘත්තිය යනු උත්තම වෘත්තියකි. අතීතයේ රජකම නැත්ත්නම් වෙදකම කියා කීවේ එම නිසාය. වෛද්‍ය වෘත්තිය සලකන ලද්දේ මානුෂික මෙන්ම දයාව පතුරවන රැකියාවක් ලෙසටය. එය මුදලට යට නොකරනු ලැබීය. සේනක බිබිලේ වැනි උත්තම යුග පුරුෂයන් බිහි වන්නේ එවැනි ලෝකයකය. ඔවුන් මුදල් පසුපස හඹා ගියේ නැත. ඔවුන්ට වැදගත් වූයේ රෝගීන්ට සෙත සෑදීමය. එහෙත් සේනක […]

Courtesy Adaderana It was revealed in the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) that a private company named ‘Savorite’ was issued Waiver of Registration (WoR) certificates to import 38 types of medicines in 2022 without the evaluation of the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA).  The former Secretary to the Ministry of Health also informed the Committee […]

Dr.Reffai  Sperm bank is not a good idea! Recently many appreciative  articles appeared regarding  a sperm bank being  set up. Superficially looking at it, it sounds like a wonderful idea providing an opportunity for those who cannot have children due to the infertility of the husband and the fact that the sperm is from an […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has welcomed the 2025 Budget, stating that it offers a favorable resolution to concerns over payments for doctors’ additional duties.   Addressing a press conference today (March 22), GMOA Media Spokesperson Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe said the budgetary provisions have addressed a key issue that had sparked widespread concern […]

SHEAIN FERNANDOPULLE  Courtesy The Daily Mirror   Colombo, March 21 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka is experiencing a rapid spread of Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral disease, with cases reported from various parts of the country. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Consultant Physician Dr Achala Balasuriya said Chikungunya is spread through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් වර්තමානයේ ඖෂධ 170ක පමණ හිඟයක් පවතින බව වෛද්‍ය සැපයුම් අංශයේ නියෝජ්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂ ජනරාල් වෛද්‍ය ජී.විජේසුරිය මහතා පැවසීය. ඒ අතර හතිය සහ ඇදුම යන රෝග සඳහා ලබා දිය යුතු ඖෂධයක් මාස 03කට වැඩි කාලයක සිට නොමැති බවත්, මෙම ඖෂධය අවශ්‍ය අවස්ථාවලදී ලබා නොදුන හොත් රෝගීන් මිය යාමටද ඉඩ ඇති බවත් පොදු […]

By Poojathmi Rivithma Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, Feb 26 (Daily Mirror) – A total of 2.5 million people have started to focus on donating their eye corneas after their death, marking a significant step in supporting eye donation efforts, the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society (SLEDS) said. SLEDS Senior Manager, Janath Saman Matara Arachchi, […]

By B.G. Chaturanga Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo,February 7 (Daily Mirror)-  An US lady who was admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital when she developed a heart ailment and recovered after treatment donated a set of beds for use of the Intensive Care Unit. The lady, known as Jabe Japsen appreciated the services of the hospital […]

Courtesy Adaderana The National Dengue Control Unit (NDCU) says that nearly 5,000 dengue cases have been reported in the country before the end of January this year (2025). Furthermore, two dengue-related deaths were confirmed during the same month, according to the NDCU. Additionally, the NDCU stated that 16 high-risk dengue zones have been identified before […]

Courtesy Adaderana Nearly 313,000 women become pregnant in Sri Lanka every year, but alarmingstatistics reveal that a significant number of these pregnancies do not result in healthy births.  According to the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, nearly 26,000 women lose their fetuses within the first few months of pregnancy, while around 1,700 babies […]

Kate Spicer Courtesy The Telegraph (UK) Cognitive decline speeds up at 57, 70 and 78, but there are lifestyle tweaks you can make to stay sharp Cognitive decline is natural: it starts to subtly set in by our 40s, and by your mid-50s it’s perfectly normal to find yourself standing in the middle of a […]