Govt. won’t run Neville Fernando Hospital as traditional facility: Minister

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Although Rs. 40 million is spent monthly on salary payments for the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital (NFTH), the government does not intend to operate the hospital as a traditional government facility, Health and Mass Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa said.

He made these remarks during an inspection of the NFTH this morning.

The Minister said that the government plans to develop the hospital under a new model, taking into account both international and local circumstances, while leveraging the talent and skills of the hospital administration.

During his visit, the Minister explained that the government aims to position the country as a major hub for health tourism. He also highlighted the potential of the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital to incorporate indigenous medicine into its services as part of its development strategy.

The hospital has a capacity of 1,002 beds, with 800 beds currently in use. Of these, 440 beds are utilised on a daily basis for routine needs.

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Yohan Thursday, 26 December 2024 05:26 PM

Good. Tourism and other service related industries are the way for us to move forward. Also look in to cryptocurrency industry and forex industry too. Giving license to major foreign companies will help gov to get free additional revenue. Also gov should buy btc at dips as it will be the next gold though we are late, we still have chance as price will go up with time in future.

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warren Thursday, 26 December 2024 07:20 PM

Mr Jayatissa, can you please solve the problems faced by ordinary Sri Lankan patients first before thinking of a new model to run the Dr. Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital? You are still "contemplating" on new models to implement. When are you going to implement the model? Your people opposed every move to run this hospital profitably during previous regimes citing various gratuitous arguments. Your government is good at just talking, not just talking but talking BIG. We thought that you would, at least, reduce the price of petrol by Rs 150 per litre, which you claimed was going to the previous Petroleum minister's pocket! What about that?

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