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The Hon. Rohana Bandara

25 July 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Employees' Provident Fund - Investments in Share Market (Q.217/2024)

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Rohana Bandara raised concern that certain measures could affect the EPF and asked about the status of a proposed hospital to be built using private sector EPF contributions for private sector workers, noting that land and funds were reportedly allocated. He also drew attention to kidney disease affecting workers and questioned the lack of accessible testing and support for kidney patients.

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¶ 01 Then it affects the EPF. That is what I asked.

¶ 02 My second supplementary is this: Since the Hon. Minister of Health is in the House, I wish to ask—there was focus to build a hospital using the private sector EPF contributions for private sector workers; I believe land and funds were allocated. What is the current status?

¶ 03 Also, for a time kidney disease has affected our workers. Today tests are not being carried out; even to do them is difficult. Therefore, kidney patients—

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Hansard, Friday, 25 July 2025 ·No. 1754382585021621 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 July 2025. No. 1754382585021621. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/11070