INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ensuring that Sri Lanka is committed to maintaining the quality of its health sector, President Ranil Wickremesinghe asserted that all
required measures will be taken to identify the deficiencies, weaknesses and crises and later act towards the advancement of the
speaking with regards to the investments made pertaining to medical and health research, the Head of State revealed that the strengthening
of the infrastructure and laboratory facilities of the Medical Research Institute (MRI) are currently underway, in several phases, with Rs
75 million having been allocated for this purpose in the 2024 Budget.Meanwhile, the President also proposed to allocate Rs
Uva province, President Wickremesinghe revealed that Rs
300 million has been allocated for the establishment of a resuscitation unit at the Badulla Teaching Hospital, and for the further purchase
of any other necessary equipment in this regard.Addressing recent concerns pertaining to the promotion of medical officers in his speech,
President Wickremesinghe also stated that arrangements to adopt a promotion scheme that is applicable to both specialists and graded doctors
be expedited, while the possibility of paying an allowance for the additional work done by specialist doctors, as opposed to the existing
paying mechanism, also be explored.
