India has donated 50,000 ampoules of Furosemide injection to Sri Lanka in response to an urgent request to address a critical hospital shortage. Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa at the Ministry of Health in Colombo on Thursday, March 13, 2025.. India has been a consistent supporter of Sri Lanka’s healthcare sector, previously providing medicines, COVID-19 vaccines, and one dollar billion credit facility. The latest aid underscores India’s role as a key healthcare partner. The Indian High Commission highlighted that the health sector has also been an important focus area for India’s development cooperation initiatives in Sri Lanka. Notable initiatives countrywide include — ‘1990 Suwa Seriya’ ambulance service, the construction of a 150-bed multi-specialty hospital at Dickoya, construction of a new surgical unit at Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, infrastructure creation and up-gradation, as well as equipment supply, at Jaffna Teaching Hospital, District Hospitals at Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu among others, it added.
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