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India Delivers Three Tonnes of Anti-TB Medicines to Sri Lanka
- •India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, handed over three tonnes of essential anti-tuberculosis medicines to Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa.
- •The medical consignment arrived via an Indian Air Force C130J aircraft to bolster Sri Lanka's tuberculosis treatment and control efforts.
- •External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasized India's continued commitment to supporting Sri Lanka's public health system and healthcare infrastructure.
- •India is also funding a new two-storey accident and emergency unit at the District General Hospital in Mannar with a grant of SLR 600 million.
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India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, handed over a three-tonne consignment of essential anti-tuberculosis medicines to Sri Lanka's Minister of Health and Mass Media, Nalinda Jayatissa, on Wednesday. This followed an earlier dispatch of nearly three tonnes of anti-TB pharmaceuticals sent by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar aboard an Indian Air Force C130J aircraft on September 28.
Work commenced on September 16 to establish a new two-storey accident and emergency unit at the District General Hospital in Mannar, Sri Lanka. Supported by an Indian grant valued at SLR 600 million, the project will also supply the unit with essential medical equipment for critical emergency care.
The foundation stone laying ceremony for the new accident and emergency unit at the District General Hospital in Mannar was attended by Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Minister of Health and Mass Media Nalinda Jayatissa, and India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha.
