Eye-lens racket in Sri Lanka will be stopped: Health Minister

The Health Ministry has received information on an ongoing eye-lens racket, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.

He said an eye lens imported from India for just for LKR 6,000 sells in Sri Lanka for as much as LKR 25,000 Minister Dr. Senaratne he had also received information that some doctors receive a commission from companies that sell eye lenses, if they prescribe that company’s eye lenses to patients.

This racket will be stopped soon, the Health Minister vowed.