#Healthcare
Sri Lankan hospitals grapple with shortage of 190 essential medicines
Hospitals across Sri Lanka are experiencing a critical shortage of 190 essential medicines, raising alarm among healthcare professionals. The growing crisis was brought...
Here’s why you keep waking up to pee in the middle of the night
By Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt I’m writing this article at 2 a.m. Not because I suffer from insomnia, but because I just woke up...
Three die daily from oral cancer in Lanka
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. Anand Ratnayake revealed a grim statistic today: three people in Sri Lanka die every day from oral cancer....
170 medicines varieties in short-supply – Health Ministry
The Medical Supplies Division of the Ministry of Health said that around 170 varieties of medicines are currently in short-supply. Of them, an...
Budget 2025: Health and education sector TUs raise concerns over allowance cuts
The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) has raised concerns that the government’s budget proposal for the year includes measures to...
40,000 heart,kidney patients on surgical wait lists
It is reported that more than 40,000 patients are stuck on long waiting lists for heart and kidney surgeries at government hospitals. Over...
