The Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa

¶ 01 While I may smile, I have been looking into the issue. It is not only Padavi; many hospitals faced this problem. The issue is with fistula needles — two types: fixed and rotating. The awarded supplier failed to supply to the required specifications, and at that time the Ministry could not procure centrally. However, now a supplier has placed them in the private market, so we have released funds to all hospitals to purchase locally as needed. Supplies conforming to the specifications are due by October 12. I am managing this daily. Major hospitals and our peripheral units have placed local purchases. If any place still lacks, I will check again. Due to the supplier’s failure, the Medical Supplies Division could not procure centrally, thus we enabled local purchase. Daily monitoring shows the need for local purchases is now decreasing. That is the situation.