Sunday, January 13, 2019

Sri Lankan Public To Receive E Health Cards From February

Issuance  of E-Health Card (Electronic Health Card) to the Sri Lankan Public will begin from  This February according to Minister Of Health, Nutrition and Indeginous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne .

This programme will be launched by the Indian Company which provides E-Health cards to People in Andra PraDesh in India and under the first phase of the Programme  E Health Cards will be issued at Kalutara ,Nagoda Hospital and Bandaragama District Hospital.

Afterwards Cards will be issued to entire  Sri Lankan population within next six month period  Minister has stressed.

As all Health Reports of an individual are  being stored in a E-Health Card it will be easier for the people to get access to treatment from any area in the country he has stated.

E-Health Card has been introduced to Sri Lanka during the 71 st Anniversary celebrations of World Health Organization  (WHO) held at NELUM Pokuna Theater in Colombo on 07 th of April  last year (2018).

To facilitate the implementaction of  the E Health Card project around 500 Government Hospitals have been computerised already  according to Health Ministry.




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