Health

Enhancing healthcare facilities

• Proposal to provide Rs.750 millions to expand facilities at the Kidney Hospital at Maligawatta to be able to cater to an increased number of patients 

• expand the facilities of the Anuradapura and Hambantota Kidney hospitals.  

• Proposal to expand Radioiodine treatment and radiotherapy units at Jaffna, Kandy, Badulla, Kurunegala, Batticaloa, Anuradhapura, Karapitiya and Ratnapura hospitals  

• Allocate Rs. 300 million to set up special stroke centers with modern medical facilities at Anuradapura, Ratnapura, Badulla, Ampara, Matara and Kurunegala hospitals.

• Proposal to allocate Rs. 1,500 million to develop Karapitiya, Colombo, Kandy and Anuradapura maternity hospitals as super centers in maternity care and develop Badulla and Beliatta hospitals as maternity and child care specialized centers.

• Allocate Rs. 300 million to set up special stroke centers with modern medical facilities at Anuradapura, Ratnapura, Badulla, Ampara, Matara and Kurunegala hospitals.

• Expanding the OPD treatment and ancillary facilities of the Colombo National Hospital its outdoor patient care capacity

• Allocate Rs. 1,500 million to develop Karapitiya, Colombo, Kandy and Anuradapura maternity hospitals as super centers in maternity care and develop Badulla and Beliatta hospitals as maternity and child care specialized centers.  

• Allocate Rs. 500 million to implement accelerated medical examinations of all citizens through mobile medical clinics and expand testing related facilities to strengthen preventive health care

• A mobile ambulance service in all main hospitals through the National Insurance Trust Fund to provide emergency care at their doorsteps to persons who fall ill suddenly, to be taken to hospital safely

Indigenous Medicine

• Allocate Rs. 500 million for the rehabilitation of Ayurvedic Hospitals and promotion indigenous medical research

• Grant a monthly allowance of Rs. 5,000 for indigenous medical doctors who serve in government Ayurvedic Hospitals

• Implement a loan scheme for indigenous medical practitioners be able to draw upto Rs.500,000 at 6 percent interest, to improve their dispensaries and to process required medicinal treatment.

Kidney disease management

• Proposed to immediately establish 1,000 kidney dialysis centres in CKDU prevalent areas at a cost of Rs.6,500 million

• Also proposed the construction of a hospital specializing in kidney disease management in Minneriya for which proposed to allocate a sum of Rs.2,000 million.

Enhancing healthcare facilities

• Propose to allocate Rs.3,000 million to be utilised for the construction of 3 cancer hospitals in Nallur, Kandy and Matara. 

• Proposed to upgrade the Anuradhapura, Kurunegala and Jaffna Hospitals with the state of the art buildings, equipment and other facilities. To allocate Rs. 3,000 million for this purpose. 

• Proposed to allocate a sum of Rs.200 million for the concept of mobile hospitals.

• Proposed to allocate a sum of Rs.5,000 million  propose to build and equip 10 district-based stroke centres attached to tertiary care hospitals within the next 2 years and also it is proposed to strengthen the accident and emergency care services in the hospitals

• Proposed to allocate Rs.250 million to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support and assist research in Diabetes, Dengue, CKDU and Cancer

• Proposed to allocate Rs. 1,500 million for  refurbishing and expanding Sri Jayawardenapura hospital

•  Invite private sector to venture into establishing Pharmaceutical Zones as PPPs to curtail draining out of foreign exchange from the country

Encouraging Indigenous Medicine

•  Propose to introduce a regulatory mechanism to regulate all ayurvedic hospitals and spas that are set up all over the country.

Enhancing healthcare facilities

• Proposed to allocate Rs. 200 million for upgrading of the Nurses Training Schools

• Allocate Rs. 1,000 million to establish Specialized Pediatric Care Complexes in Karapitiya, Ampara and Jaffna hospitals

• Establish a Base Hospital at Nintavur for which propose to allocate Rs. 200 million

• Establish an Oral Health Complex at the Teaching Hospital in Karapitiya, for which propose to allocate Rs. 50 million.

• Proposed to upgrade the Castle Street Maternity Hospital with state of the art facilities in 2017, on a PPP model at a cost of Rs. 3,000 million

• Encourage at least 5 selected base hospitals to collaborate with the IT industry to develop a tele-medicine programme

Enhancing healthcare facilities

• Proposed to allocate Rs. 300 million to strengthen the Karapitiya Cancer Unit and establish Cancer Units at both Batticaloa and Ratnapura Hospitals.

• Allocation Rs.100 million for Primary health care network of Government dispensaries

• Allocation Rs.275 Million for an assisted Reproductive Treatment Centre at the Castle Street Hospital for women and 3 highly specialized Obstetrics Centers in Colombo, Kandy and Anuradhapura 

• Allocation Rs.50 million for a Maternity and Neo-natal Complex at the Polonnaruwa Hospital

• Allocation Rs.400 million for a Cardiac and Critical Care Complex and the Cardiothoracic Complex at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital

• Allocation Rs.376 million to upgrade  Divisional Hospitals at Moratuwa ,Deniyaya and Beruwala Base Hospital

• Rs. 750 million to  Suwaseriya Ambulance service

• Rs. 75 million to strengthen health and allied research with NSF

• Rs. 25 million  dedicated to Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and HIV/AIDS with the state of the art facilities at the National Hospital of Colombo 

• Allocation of Rs. 300 million to upgrade the Dental Health Institute of Maharagama and the Oral Health Care Unit at Ratnapura 

• Rs. 25 million for the improvement of mental health care in the country

• Rs. 300 million to improve the infrastructure facilities at the Nurses Training Schools 

• Allocation Rs. 25 million for a comprehensive food hygiene and food safety system

Allocations

• Allocated Rs.24,750 Mn in improving the quality of infrastructure, with allocations being provided for the investments in new equipment, rehabilitation of buildings and other infrastructure at hospitals and other such facilities

• Allocated Rs.1,625 Mn. to strengthen the Primary Health-care Units, especially in the Uva, Sabaragamuwa Central and the North Central Provinces, with the introduction of systems to coordinate patient-care over time and through the referral networks, facilitating the ability to follow up on patients at risk, which will also support to avoid duplication between providers.

• Rs. 200 million for “Suwasariya” Ambulance Service 

• Rs. 500 million to provide Home Dialysis Machines, while also strengthening the Hemo-Dialysis Centres in 45 hospitals, together with RO Water Plants to address the issues in CKDu

• Proposed Rs. 100 million for a comprehensive sterilization program for stray dogs to prevent Rabies

• Allocated Rs. 50 million to facilitate capacity building in Palliative-care for Doctors, Nurses and other medical professionals.

 Management of the Corona Pandemic

• Spent around Rs. 70,000 million for the identification of 4 patients, quarantining activities, random testing and related welfare activities

• Hospital capacity for disease prevention, which was limited to Colombo, increased to 17 hospitals in less than a year covering almost all parts of the country

• Number of special care beds for Covid patients have been increased to around 600

Allocations

• Rs. 1.8 billions for various health initiatives including the Electronic Medical Records project

• Allocated Rs. 223 billion and Around 82% was dedicated to recurrent expenditures

Allocations

• Proposed to provide an additional allocation of Rs 18,000 million for the expansion of maternity and child clinics, dispensaries and adult service centers, laboratory services, hospitals and research institutes with the required human resources to maintain a people centric health service. 

• Propose to create a new insurance scheme to support those who temporarily lose livelihoods due to the quarantine process related to epidemics including COVID. 

Manufacturing of Medicines

• propose to provide bank and financial facilities on Treasury guarantees to increase the production capacity of the State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation to expand the production of essential pharmaceuticals

Allocations

• Rs. 300 billions was allocated and about 80% of budget earmarked for salaries, operational costs, ongoing health programs

• Funding for essential public health initiative, response to ongoing impacts of the Covid - 19 pandemic (vaccination programs)

Upgrading Hospitals

• Proposed to upgrade Badulla Kurunegala and Polormaruwa hospital as teaching hospitals

• Proposed to re-implemmt the Paying Wards System in government hospitals

Medical and Health Research

• Rs. 75 million allocated for the first phase of the strengthening of the infrastructure and laboratory facilities of the Medical Research Institute. 

• Proposed to allocate Rs. 25 million for the next year (2024)  under a three-year plan to upgrade the facilities of the National Drugs Quality Assurance Laboratory. 

A cardiopulmonary resuscitation unit for Badulla

• Allocated Rs. 300 million for the establishment of a resuscitation unit at the Badulla Teaching Hospital and for the purchase of necessary equipment.

Indigenous medicine

• Proposed to provide necessary facilities for such investments under the supervision of the Indigenous Medicine Section of the Ministry of Health and the Ayurvedic Drug Corporation.

• Rs. 100 million allocated under the concept of “Sri Lankan Wellness”

Digitalization of the Health system

• Digitalization of functions of National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA), State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC), and improvement and expansion of the “Swastha” system

Improving Rural-level Primary Health Care 

• To improve the service delivery at over 1,000 Primary Medical Care Units (PMCUs) and Divisional hospital

Estate Health

• Strengthening estate level health care service through Public Private Partnership (PPP) with Regional Plantation Companies.

Pandemic Preparedness

• Improving national capacity for pandemic response, allocations to enhancing surveillance system

• Rs. 185,000 million is allocated to ensure the supply of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies