The list of essential medicines has been updated.
Dr. Saman Ratnayake, Additional Secretary of the Health Ministry, said the number of essential medicines was reduced to 383 in the wake of the economic crisis but later it was increased to 850.
Dr. Ratnayake said that this decision was taken after considering the requests made by the specialist doctors.
He said that according to the new list, there is a shortage of 266 types of medicines in the country.
Source – Newsfirst