Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Child Protection Authority has proposed to establish Infant Receiving Centres in Hospitals in all nine provinces where parents could hand over their new born infants without claiming their identity, Chairman of the National Child Protection Authority Udayakumara Amarasinghe said today. He told a news conference that a set of proposals […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Renowned British supermodel Naomi Campbell features a pack of Sri Lankan made “Samahan,” as an essential product she keeps with her for a strong immune system.  In a recent interview with Vogue India titled What does Naomi Campbell carry in her bag?,” she says ‘Samahan’ is a good tea for the […]

By P. K. Balachandran Courtesy Eurasia Review Teenage pregnancy is lower in Sri Lanka than in other countries in South Asia, but it varies with varying socioeconomic conditions within the island   In Sri Lanka, teenage pregnancy is lower than it is in most other developing countries, including South Asian countries. But there are noticeable differences […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the government is seeking the possibility of introducing non-paying wards in private hospitals where the government is taking the tab for the treatments made in those non-paying wards, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The President also said the government was considering to introduce paying […]

Courtesy Adaderana A national study conducted by local researchers has revealed that Sri Lanka has the highest rate of diabetes in Asia, with almost one in four adults having being diagnosed. The survey, done in 2019 by researchers from several local universities, the Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Colombo and the Institute for Health Policy […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and the Ambassador of Japan today (22 Feb.) signed an exchange of notes for a grant of USD 46 million. Accordingly, Finance Secretary Mahinda Siriwardena and Ambassador MIZUKOSHI Hideaki signed an exchange of notes for the USD 46 million grant to provide 20 million litres of […]

Natalia J. Courtesy Health by BabaMail No need for alarm but be warned that some Turmeric Manufacturers Add Lead to the Spice   The golden spice is one of the most potent natural ingredients out there, and the active ingredient in turmeric, curcumin, has been shown to have antimicrobial and cancer-fighting properties, among many other […]

Courtesy Hiru News The Japanese government has agreed to provide USD 38 million to Sri Lanka for the purchase of fuel, mainly Diesel, in order to carry out uninterrupted essential and emergency health services in Sri Lanka. Cabinet spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena told the media today that the funds are being provided under the economic […]

Courtesy Hiru News Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardena stated that Japan has decided to provide a grant of 38 million dollars to Sri Lanka to ensure the uninterrupted maintenance of essential and emergency health services. He stated this joining the press conference to announce the Cabinet decisions held at the Government Information Department.

Courtesy Adaderana The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) says that the stocks of more than 140 types of essential drugs used for the treatment of patients have been exhausted. Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe, the Media Spokesman of the GMOA, pointed out that the attention of the Ministry of Health should be directed in this regard. He […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some 46 people die of cancer every day in Sri Lanka out of the 105 cancer patients who are detected daily, the National Cancer Control Unit (NCCU) Director Dr. Ishani Fernando said today. She told a news conference at the Health Promotion Bureau in line with the World Cancer Day which […]

Champa Fernando Secretary – KACPAW (Kandy Association  for Community Protection through Animal Welfare) It is laudable that successive governements since 2008 had continued to-date with the intrinsically HUMANE National Dog Sterilization Programme for dog Population Management  (DPM), recommended by world bodies such as the WHO, OIE (Office International des Epizooties – World  Organization for Animal […]

සමස්ත ලංකා වෛද්‍ය නිළධාරීන්ගේ සංගමය. කෙහෙළිය රඹුක්වැල්ල මැතිතුමාසෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය,සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය,385, සුවසිරිපායපූජ්‍ය බද්දේගම විමලවාංශ නාහිමි මාවතකොළඹ – 10. ඇමතිතුමනි, උග්‍ර පිළිකා නාශක ඖෂධ හිඟයට කඩිනම් විසඳුම් ලබාදෙන ලෙස ඉල්ලා සිටීම. මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහල ඇතුළු වූ පිළිකා රෝගීන්ට ප්‍රතිකාර කරනු ලබන ප්‍රධාන පෙළේ රෝහල් 15 ක පමණ පිළිකා රෝගය සඳහා බහුලව භාවිතා කරනු ලබන අත්‍යවශ්‍ය පිළිකා නාශක […]

Courtesy La Prensa Latina Colombo, Dec 30 (EFE).- Sri Lanka stepped up its fight against dengue on Friday as the country recorded its highest number of infections since 2019, following a fresh outbreak in recent weeks. Health officials recorded over 75,000 dengue cases this year, more than double the number of infections from last year, […]

අජිත් හේරත් ෆයිසර්- මොඩෙර්නා mRNA එන්නත් හෘදයරෝගවලින් සිදුවන මරණවලට හේතුවක්- බ්‍රිතාන්‍යයේ ප්‍රමුඛ හෘද රෝග විශේෂඥ අසීම් මල්හෝත්‍රා1976 දී ඌරු උණ එන්නත තහනම් කළේ එය විසින් එය ලබාගත් පුද්ගලයන් 100,000 කින් එක් අයෙකුට ගිලියාන් බැරේ සින්ඩ්‍රෝම්( Guillain-Barre syndrome) නම් ස්නායු රෝගයක් සැදීමට හේතුවන නිසා. 1999 දී රොටා වයිරස් එන්නත (Rotavirus Vaccine)තහනම් කළේ එය විසින් ළමුන් 10,000කින් […]

Courtesy Adaderana At least 18 children have died after consuming a syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health says. The ministry said 18 of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. It is marketed on the company’s […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) signed an agreement with the Health Ministry to provide aircraft on a mobile Charter Basis for the purposes of airlifting remains of deceased personnel for organ retrieval at the request of the Ministry of Health. Accordingly, C-130, AN-32, MA-60, Y-12, MI-17, Bell-412, Bell-212 and Bell-206 […]

Courtesy Hindustan Times Travellers to Sri Lanka would be free of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions with the lifting of a circular issued in 2021, Asela Gunawardena, the Director General of Health Services said. Sri Lanka on Wednesday decided to discontinue the Covid-19 vaccination certificate for travellers entering the island nation, officials said. Travellers to Sri Lanka […]

Courtesy Adaderana A consignment of essential medicines and medical supplies worth LKR 2 billion, donated by China, reached the Colombo Port today (Dec. 06). The shipment came in 24 containers (16,000 boxes) with a total of weight over 255 metric tonnes. It contained 8 million infusion sets, 1.2 million vials of omeprazole sodium for injection, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The main broker, who was arrested this morning (06 Dec) over his involvement in the human organ trafficking racket at a private hospital in Borella, has been remanded till 13 December. The 41-year-old resident of Kajimawatte was remanded till 13 December on orders of the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, while travel bans were imposed […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror A program to provide packs containing nutrients for children suffering from malnutrition is to be starte soon by the health ministry, Ministry Secretary Janaka Sri Chandraguptha said. He said a special program is to be drawn to put in place to provide ‘Thriposha’ for them. A recent survey conducted by the […]

Vichara The health of the nation is in the hands of the medical profession. The President claimed in Parliament that the government spends Rs 6 million to produce a graduate MBBS physician. What is unfortunate is that around 500 doctors leave the health service to go abroad. The GMOA claims that in the first 8 […]

Courtesy Thuppahis.com Dr. Sarath Gamini De Silva: Plenary lecture delivered at the Colombo Medical Congress. 24th Nov 2022, where his chosen title was  The Doctor in the Society: A Sri Lankan Perspective” I thank the organizers for inviting me  to talk on a very relevant  topic at a time when the role of the educated  in society […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Filing a writ petition before Court of Appeal, about 176 consultant specialist doctors have challenged the government’s decision to reduce their compulsory retirement age to 60 years. The petitioners are Specialist Consultants in varied fields of medicine including Cardiology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Oncology, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Haematology, Opthalmogy, Histopatholy, Anaesthesia, Paediatrics and Auto-Rhinolaryngology. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The government of Myanmar donated a consignment of urgently required essential medicines and medical supplies worth over USD 1.48 Million to Sri Lanka, on Monday (Nov. 21). The consignment was officially handed over to the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Janaka Bandara, by the Union Health Minister of Myanmar Dr. Thet Khaing Win, […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Some 81 schoolchildren who were addicted to drugs have been sent for rehabilitation within the first nine months of this year, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said today. He told Parliament that three children who are between 1 and 14 year-old and 78 children aged between 15 and 19 years were among […]

රවී කුමුදේශ් සභාපති  සෞඛ්‍ය වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ විද්වත් සංගමය PCR පරීක්ෂාවෙන් සොයාගත් මන්කිෆොක්ස් රෝගියාගේ නිදර්ශක, ජාන අනුක්‍රමික විශ්ලේෂණයක් මගින් වහා තහවුරු කර ගත යුතුයි. නව රෝගයක් සදහා සිදු කරනු ලබන PCR පරීක්ෂණ වල නිරවද්‍යතවය විචලනය විය හැකි නිසාත්, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුල භාවිත කරණු ලබන පරීක්ෂණ කට්ටල තොගයට පසු පරීක්ෂණ කට්ටටල වල විශාල දියුණු කිරීම් සිදු වූ නිසාත්, රටට […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, together with the Iranian Red Crescent, donated an urgently required consignment of essential medicines and other medical supplies to Sri Lanka at a ceremony held at the Red Crescent Office in Tehran on November 03. The total value of the medicine consignment is over SLR […]

Courtesy Adaderana An urgent shipment of medical aid has arrived in Sri Lanka, and which has been provided by the Qatar Fund for Development to support the health sector in the country, QNA reported. Qatar’s ambassador to Sri Lanka Jassim bin Jaber al-Sorour received the Qatari medical aid, which he handed over to Minister of […]

By Dr. Naomi Wolf Courtesy Global Research It’s Really True: They Know they are Killing the Babies All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us […]