The Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne, Attorney-at-Law
Anuradha Jayaratne asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media whether the Ministry has implemented a programme for early identification of children with conditions such as autism and provision of therapeutic treatment, and when it began. He requested details on hospitals with paediatric specialists, which of them operate autism-related care clinics, and whether funding has been allocated for necessary infrastructure and facilities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Health and Mass Media: (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether the Ministry has initiated a programme to identify children suffering from diseases such as autism in advance and to provide them with therapeutic treatment; (ii) if so, the year in which the said programme was initiated; (iii) the number of hospitals at which paediatric specialists are serving; (iv) out of the said hospitals, the names of those that operate clinics to provide care for patients with diseases such as autism; and (v) whether provisions have been allocated to provide the necessary infrastructure and other facilities to those hospitals? (b) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Thursday, 8 January 2026 ·No. 23118 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Anuradha Jayaratne, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2026. No. 23118. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4841