The Ministry of Health ( si, සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය, translit=Saukhya Amāthyānshaya; ta, சுகாதார அமைச்சு, translit=Cukātāra Amaiccu) is the

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ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

responsible for

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview.

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are

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responsible for operating the majority of the Sri Lanka's public hospitals but some, known as ''line ministry hospitals'', come under the direct control of the central government in Colombo. As of 2016 there were 47 line ministry hospitals (including all of the country's

teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

s), accounting for 47% (36,000) of all public hospital beds in the country. The current Minister of Health is

Keheliya Rambukwella Keheliya Rambukwella ( Sinhala:, Tamil:; born 21 September 1954) is a Sri Lankan politician. Who is serving as the current Minister of Water Supply and Drainage and Minister of Health of Sri Lanka Since May 2022. He is the former Minister of M ...

. The

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Sanjeewa Munasinghe Major General Sanjeewa Munasinghe, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a Sri Lankan military physician. He is the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and former Director General, Army Health Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Co ...

Ministers

The Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is a member of the

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Secretaries

References

External links

health.gov.lk
{{Authority control 1931 establishments in Ceylon Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Health in Sri Lanka

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Members of the Board of Ministers of Ceylon Indigenous health