Who Pays The Price Of Rs. 30 Billion Drug Ma fia?
By Nirmala Kannangara-Sunday, October 20, 2013
The Iodine Treatment Unit of the Cancer Hospital Maharagama is not functioning due to non availability of the Iodine drug
Failure to increase budgetary allocations for the country’s free health service is an indication that successive Sri Lankan governments have neglected the free health care service in the country. Secretary, All Ceylon Medical Officers’ Association Dr. Jayantha Bandara said that the continuous decline in budgetary allocation to the health sector over the years when globally it is the opposite, signifies that the government is pruning free health service in the country. According to Dr Bandara, the total expenditure on health as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 3.7 in year 2000 which has reduced to 3.5% by year 2010.