The Hon. Rohana Bandara
Rohana Bandara raised concerns about shortages of medicines in hospitals, citing a recent case where a heart patient had to purchase prescribed drugs from an outside pharmacy. He also referred to complaints made to the NMRA and CID regarding the sale of unregistered and allegedly poor-quality drugs, and asked what action is being taken to address both unregistered medicines in the market and hospital drug shortages.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, if there were no below-cost sales, that is acceptable. My main concern is hospital drug shortages. Recently, a relative admitted with a heart attack had to purchase medicines from an outside pharmacy. Prescriptions are often on slips unintelligible to patients or carers. Hon. Mujibur Rahuman has complained to the NMRA and CID about unregistered drugs being sold in the market, with apparent poor quality leading to adverse outcomes and even deaths. What action is being taken against unregistered drugs in the market, and what about shortages in hospitals?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 19 February 2026 ·No. 23328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohana Bandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 February 2026. No. 23328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30262