Sri Lanka will need primary healthcare centres every 2 kms soon: Minister

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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Colombo, March 6 (Daily Mirror) - Sri Lanka will need primary healthcare centres every 2 kms because of the increase in the spread of non-communicable diceases and the aging population, Minister of Health Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament today.

"Around 14 percent of the Sri Lankan population are suffering from diabetes while 34 percent is suffering from high blood pressure. In addition Sri Lanka's aging population is expected to be 20.8 of the total population by 2032 while it will increase to 22 percent of the total population by 2037. We will have to focus on primary healthcare more and more because of the given situation," he added.

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Kamal Thursday, 06 March 2025 12:23 PM

Mr Minister, people are suffering from Neverending respiratory illnesses due to air pollution. Any solution for that?

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Umar Perera Thursday, 06 March 2025 06:19 PM

Diabetes and high BP are mostly lifestyle illnesses. Why are we spending money on people who don't take responsibility for their own health? Whereas the increase in respiratory illness due to smog, poor air quality is mostly India's fault. Is the Govt going to raise this with Modi as part of the Clean SL campaign?

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DAR Thursday, 06 March 2025 08:04 PM

Ideally primary health care centres will reduce pressure on hospitals and specialists strengthen primarycare network assuming they are modern, staffed and operate 24x7, they can provide wide range of services including pharmacy, vaccines, dental care and laboratory services. Also assuming patient will be able to find a place within 5-10km radius from home. Its essential to re-evaluate the role of general practitioners in sri lanka. GP should be main point of medical care provider for patients. It seems like medical referral system is broken down to the point even patient with common cold can see a specialist these days. And there’s no shortage of specialists cashing in the opportunity.

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