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1. • • Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst socio-economic crisis in its history, and the once robust health-care system is nearing collapse, with patients at risk from power shortages, a lack of medicines, and equipment shortages.
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   Is Sri Lanka's healthcare system close to collapse?

   • White's struggle to find Bevacizumab in state-run facilities is an early sign of how Sri Lanka's healthcare system is close to collapse, under the weight of the island nation's worst economic crisis. As well as shortages of vital drugs, some procedures and tests have been suspended.

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   Does Sri Lanka have a health crisis?

   • Understanding and addressing Sri Lanka’s health crisis is an urgent priority, both for its population and for other low- and middle- income countries facing similar challenges. During the first quarter of 2022, lengthy power cuts and medicines shortages undermined the provision of effective healthcare across the country. 4, 5 Efforts to resolve …

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   What's happening in Sri Lanka's public health system?

   • For weeks, Sri Lanka's once-lauded public health system, free to its 22 million people, has come to a near standstill. As the country's economic meltdown drags on, surgeries are being postponed and hours-long power cuts have forced doctors to operate by torchlight.

   Sri Lanka's once-lauded health care system is now collapsing

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   What caused Sri Lanka's economic crisis?

   • The crisis has been caused by years of economic mismanagement, an abrupt ban on agrochemicals in April 2021 causing a steep drop in agricultural output, and the covid-19 induced decline of the tourism industry. 1 In early April 2022, Sri Lanka declared itself insolvent and unable to service its overseas debt. 2

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3. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-61111405Sri Lanka healthcare on verge of collapse in economic crisis

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   Apr 17, 2022 · 17 April 2022. By Rajini Vaidyanathan,BBC South Asia correspondent, Colombo. BBC. Lady Ridgeway hospital is one of Sri Lanka's biggest healthcare facilities for children. Doctors across...

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   Aug 17, 2022 · 17 August 2022 Health. Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst socio-economic crisis in its history, and the once robust health-care system is nearing collapse, with patients at risk from...

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   Apr 17, 2022 · Doctors across Sri Lanka say hospitals are running out of medicines and essential supplies as the country's economic crisis worsens. They fear a health catastrophe if international help...

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   Jun 29, 2022 · Sri Lanka’s sudden economic collapse has broken its healthcare system. Sonia Sarkar reports on how the country might claw back years of progress, lost in months. On 22 May, a 2 day old infant in Haldummulla, Sri Lanka, started to experience rapidly falling glucose levels.

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   May 4, 2022 · Published. May 04, 2022, 06:28 AM. COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG) - As Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis in decades took root, prompting medical shortages and halting surgeries, Ms Kavindya Thennakoon...

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   Apr 12, 2022 · White's struggle to find Bevacizumab in state-run facilities is an early sign of how Sri Lanka's healthcare system is close to collapse, under the weight of the island nation's worst economic...

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    Nov 29, 2022 · Sri Lanka is facing a severe political and economic crisis, and the health system is at risk of collapse. The crisis has been caused by years of economic mismanagement, an abrupt ban on agrochemicals in April 2021 causing a steep drop in agricultural output, and the covid-19 induced decline of the tourism industry. 1 In early April 2022, Sri ...