{"id":148827,"date":"2025-03-31T08:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T15:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=148827"},"modified":"2025-03-31T15:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:40:01","slug":"ranil-calls-for-army-doctors-to-be-sent-to-myanmar-set-up-medical-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/03\/31\/ranil-calls-for-army-doctors-to-be-sent-to-myanmar-set-up-medical-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil calls for army doctors to be sent to Myanmar, set up medical camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Daily Mirror Online<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the Sri Lankan government to dispatch a medical team, including military personnel, to Myanmar to assist those affected by the recent earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Issuing a special statement, Wickremesinghe emphasized Sri Lanka\u2019s long-standing ties with Myanmar and stressed the importance of providing humanitarian relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My proposal to the government is to send a medical team, including doctors from the army\u2019s medical corps, along with essential medicines and equipment, to set up a temporary hospital in Myanmar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing parallels to Sri Lanka\u2019s past humanitarian efforts, he recalled the country\u2019s response to the 2015 Nepal earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When there was an earthquake in Nepal, we deployed an army team and provided the second-largest aid package after India. Today, countries like India, Thailand, Malaysia, China, and even Australia\u2014despite being farther away\u2014have extended assistance to Myanmar. We must also take action,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wickremesinghe further suggested mobilizing medical supplies from Colombo and other regions to support relief efforts, stating, We can collect the necessary medicines and send them to Myanmar. This is about maintaining our regional ties and playing a responsible role in humanitarian aid\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former President also referenced Sri Lanka\u2019s past contributions to global crises, highlighting a recent donation to Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, I allocated one million dollars from Sri Lanka for Gaza. Similarly, I propose that we take immediate action to support Myanmar in this time of need,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ranil calls for army doctors to be sent to Myanmar, set up medical camps\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmiAihoKfDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Mirror Online Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged the Sri Lankan government to dispatch a medical team, including military personnel, to Myanmar to assist those affected by the recent earthquake. Issuing a special statement, Wickremesinghe emphasized Sri Lanka\u2019s long-standing ties with Myanmar and stressed the importance of providing humanitarian relief. My proposal to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}