The Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva
Sugath Wasantha de Silva raised concerns about persons with disabilities facing administrative barriers in hospitals, including being required to bring companions at personal expense. He asked whether the Ministry would intervene to reduce the cost of assistive medical devices such as canes and walkers when they are obtained outside state provision.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, before my second supplementary, I wish to note that we expect the administrative issue to be resolved so that persons with disabilities admitted to hospitals are not compelled to bring companions at their own expense.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Minister, my second supplementary: there are issues in obtaining necessary medical devices for persons with disabilities. In particular, when obtaining items like canes/walkers outside the state provision, there are price issues. Can the Ministry intervene to put in place measures to minimize prices?
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 17 February 2026 ·No. 23279 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 February 2026. No. 23279. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5814