The Hon. (Dr.) Hansaka Wijemuni - Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media
On behalf of the Minister, the Deputy Minister stated that the National Health Promotion Fund received LKR 3.11 billion from 2015 to 31 December 2024, with details tabled in annexures placed in the Library. He said cash assistance through the Fund is accounted for, while hospitals and institutions also receive donations such as medicines, consumables, food, buildings and equipment directly, making full central compilation difficult. He added that a Ministry committee has been established to coordinate donated medical supplies, equipment and building assistance, and that formal procedures are being followed.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On behalf of the Minister, I answer:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Financial assistance received through the Health Promotion Fund is accounted for; from 2015 to 31.12.2024, the total received by the National Health Promotion Fund is LKR 3,111,258,902.89 (details in Annexures 01–03, placed in the Library). Additional financial assistance for various projects is also detailed in Annexures 02 and 03. Non-financial assistance—such as medicines and consumables—is received directly by many hospitals/institutes and recorded by them. Given the vast quantities and diverse items, compiling all such records centrally is practically difficult.
¶ 03 (ii) Assistance received through the Health Promotion Fund is properly accounted for. Beyond that, various donations in cash/kind (medicines, food, consumables, buildings, equipment) are received by hospitals and institutions. Some items received directly may not be captured centrally, but large consignments are generally recorded formally.
¶ 04 (iii) A “Committee on Coordination of Donated Medical Supplies/Equipment/Building Assistance” has been established in the Ministry to coordinate proper receipt and distribution of donations. Operations are being conducted formally.
¶ 05 (b) Does not arise.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Hansaka Wijemuni - Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 June 2025. No. 1751600792021434. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/1823