Health Minister Has Instructed The Authorities To Hold An Inquiry To Find Out Whether The Blood Test Prices Of Dengue Patients Reduced

Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has today (20) instructed the Independent Drug Regulatory Authority to hold an inquiry on whether the Private Hospitals and Laboratories in the country are conducting the Full Blood Count(FBC)  and Dengue Antigen/Antibodies Tests for the reduced prices for Dengue Patients as per instructed by the Health Ministry.

Health Ministry has last Saturday(17) instructed the all Private Hospitals and Laboratories to reduce the price of FBC Test to Rs.250 and Dengue Antigen/Antibody Test to Rs.1000 under the Private Medical Institutions Act with effect from yesterday(19).

Those Private Institutes found as not reduce the prices of these Tests for Dengue Patients will be subjected to a legal action the Health Ministry has stated.

The Food and Drug Inspectors attached to the Independent Drug Regulatory Authority are due to inspect the Private Hospitals and Laboratories and submit a report to the Health Minister in this regard.