Due To The Lack Of Money Allocated For Health Sector Through The Budget Drugs And Surgical Item Shortage In Govt,Hospitals Will Continue-Nurses Union

Due to the allocating less money for the Health Sector from  2016- Annual Budget Proposals the Drugs and Surgical Item shortage as well as the Health Staff shortage prevailing in Government Hospitals at present will continue during  next year as well according to All Ceylon Nurses Union.

Besides this innocent patients who are  bear   around 60% of the total expenditure of Government Hospitals at present due to drugs and surgical items shortage ,will have to increase the expenditure further due to the lack of money allocated for the Health Sector for next year  which is around 1.5 % from the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) the union has stressed.

The All Ceylon Nurses Union has named the 2016-Annual Budget Proposals presented to Parliament on last Friday(20) as a Budget without future vision and a National Plan for Health Sector.