15 October 2022 12:00 am Views - 183
The National Council sub-committee on identifying short and medium-term programmes related to Economic Stabilisation took to discussion that a large number of medications imported into Sri Lanka are not essential for the use of the people of Sri Lanka, and due to the importation of varied specific drugs from various different brands and the lack of proper regulation has become a big problem, a statement from the parliamentary media unit said.
Therefore, the focus was directed on re-establishing a high-level technical committee, as was the case during the Covid-19 pandemic, to identify the need of drugs required by the people of Sri Lanka and what drugs are essential to meet such requirements.
Such views were expressed at the National Council sub-committee on identifying short and medium-term programmes related to Economic Stabilisation, which met in Parliament yesterday under the chairmanship of Patali Champika Ranawaka, Member of Parliament.
Comments were also expressed regarding the fact that the procurement process for the importation and distribution of drugs to Sri Lanka takes a lot of time and lacks formal coordination. The scholars presented their views and plan to the committee regarding the regularisation and coordination of this procurement process.
The committee also focused on the possibility of using traditional medicine and indigenous medicine to prevent diseases. The committee also focused on the possibility of using indigenous medicine to prevent diseases. In addition to that, the need to popularise food and alternative local medication that can be used to reduce diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, which are the most used drugs in Sri Lanka, was also emphasised.