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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 power shortages, a lack of medicines, and equipment shortages. When Ruchika found out she was pregnant with her second child, in October 2021, she could not ...

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   Apr 17, 2022 · In a statement Sri Lanka's government initially denied medicines were running out, even as doctors reported problems. A day later the Department of Government Information issued a correction ...

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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 · Urgent action is needed to maintain vital services 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 ...

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   May 4, 2022 · For weeks, Sri Lanka's once-lauded public health system, free to its 22 million people, has come to a near standstill. PHOTO: AFP. With Sri Lanka's finances battered by the worst inflation in Asia ...

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   Aug 17, 2022 · Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s economic crisis pushes health system to brink of collapse Format News and Press Release Source. UN News; Posted 17 Aug 2022 Originally published 17 Aug 2022 Origin View ...

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   Aug 17, 2022 · 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.