Nadira Gunatilleke

Historical documents say it all – Emeritus Professor T.G. Kulatunga

Emeritus Professor T.G. Kulatunga who had served the Sri Jayewardenepura University from 1967 to 2008, said the Mannar mass grave was the result of a massacre committed by King Pararajasekaran to...

Health Science, a must for O/Ls from 2022

Health Science will be a compulsory subject for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination from 2022, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.Speaking at a press conference at...
Food colour coding for biscuits, sweetmeats from April 2

Food colour coding (Traffic light system) will be introduced for solid food, especially biscuits, sweetmeats, etc will be introduced by the Health Ministry from April 2,...
GMOA, 17 grades demand vehicle permits

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) in a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena said it will strike if its demands are not met in two weeks.The GMOA...
Cabinet nod to ban sale of tobacco products at state institutions

Cabinet approval has been granted to issue a circular banning the use and sale of all products based on arecanut, tobacco and betel inside state institutions and their...

Cabinet approves Rs. 1,573 mn for drugs

Cabinet approval has been granted to import drugs and injections worth Rs. 1,573 million, required for haemophilia, diabetes and heart disease, a Health Ministry spokesman said.According to the...
‘Politician misleading SAITM graduates’

The Parents Union of the State Medical Students said yesterday it had informed the President of a certain politician’s efforts to mislead a few former SAITM students to gain political advantage, the...
One in four local men smokes

One in four Sri Lankan men or 26 percent of local men smoke, statistics show, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Chairman Dr. Palitha Abeykoon said.He was speaking at the launch of the...
GMOA warns of union action

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has decided to resort to islandwide trade union action against the non-inclusion of any budget proposal submitted, GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha...
SLAF saves lives with organ transport

Sometimes a person’s organs stop functioning for various reasons. While such incidents are deadly for some people, they also offer another person or persons a chance to live.But, everything depends...
NCDs, major cause of deaths in Sri Lanka

Seventy-five (75) percent of the total deaths in Sri Lanka each year are due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Consultant Community Physician at the NCD Unit of the Health Ministry Dr. Kapila...
NCD phone survey at end March

People will receive a telephone call from 1995 (only) to their mobile phones by the end of this month or early next month. The Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Control Unit of the Health Ministry...
Japan to provide Rs. 20 bn for health sector

The Japanese government will provide Rs. 20 billion for the health sector in Sri Lanka, a Health Ministry spokesman said.Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama had promised to provide the funds during a...
‘Serious congenital defects in 30 pc of babies’

Annually 5,800 babies are born with birth defects in Sri Lanka, Consultant Community Physician at the Health Ministry’s Family Health Bureau and Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA) Secretary Dr....
Rs.10 bn from budget to buy stents and lenses - Rajitha

It is proposed to obtain Rs. 10.5 billion from the budget to purchase heart stents, eye lenses etc, Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said.According to Minister Senaratne, it is also proposed to...
EU, German Ambassadors call on Minister

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne met Ambassadors from the European Union (EU) and Germany recently, a Health Ministry spokesman said.According to the spokesman...
Nearly 9,000 dengue cases to date this year

A total of 8,904 dengue cases have been reported from all parts of the country until March 1, the Epidemiology Unit sources said.According to the sources, the highest number of dengue cases – 2,017...