10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Rohana Bandara

7 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Government Hospitals in Puttalam District Vacancies (Q.132/2024)

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Rohana Bandara urged the Minister to enforce existing MOH regulations through relevant authorities inspecting dispensaries, rather than placing the burden on the public. He raised concerns that indigenous and homeopathic practitioners are dispensing allopathic medicines without proper supervision, and called for the Ministry to take responsibility for implementing the law.

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¶ 01 Hon. Minister, regulations and laws have been introduced to MOH offices for this. Then relevant institutions can visit all dispensaries in the area and check. To my knowledge, ordinary people cannot conduct medical supervision. We see indigenous practitioners dispensing allopathic medicines and homeopaths also giving allopathic drugs. When the patient gets cured, people hail that practitioner as “top.” You have issued a set of MOH regulations to implement measures. It is unfair to burden the public. When there is a powerful ministry, you should enforce the law, shouldn’t you?

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Hansard, Tuesday, 7 January 2025 ·No. 1736487038022510 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2025. No. 1736487038022510. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/15903