Ministry of Health has planned to intro
duce health corners for every government institution to provide the employees test facilities for non communicable diseases free of charge with effect from early this March .
Accordingly Health corners will be provided the State institute employees a chance to getting tested of non communicable diseases including Blood Preassure , Cholesterol, Blood sugar which are on rhe increase in the country , free of charge.
Some private pharmaceutical companies are assisting in this effort according to the Ministry .
Also Health Ministry Has planned to introduce these Testing facilties to Banks and supermarkets island wide with the aim of providing testing facilities like Blood Preassure tests and BMI tests for customers free of charge to identify these diseases earlier and minimise spreading of them . The Ministry has already requested from these institutions to implement this as soon as possible Deputy Director General of Health Services (Non Communicable diseases )Dr.Champika Wikramasinghe has stated during a Function organized in this regard at BMICH Colombo last Tuesday (18).
Addressing the event Dr.Wikramasinghe has stressed that already Keals Supermarket Chain has agreed to implement this in.their supermarkets soon.
Health corners are already functioning at more than 1000 National Schools island wide under the name "Suwa Divi "(Healthy life ) centers she has revealed .
Accordingly Health corners will be provided the State institute employees a chance to getting tested of non communicable diseases including Blood Preassure , Cholesterol, Blood sugar which are on rhe increase in the country , free of charge.
Some private pharmaceutical companies are assisting in this effort according to the Ministry .
Also Health Ministry Has planned to introduce these Testing facilties to Banks and supermarkets island wide with the aim of providing testing facilities like Blood Preassure tests and BMI tests for customers free of charge to identify these diseases earlier and minimise spreading of them . The Ministry has already requested from these institutions to implement this as soon as possible Deputy Director General of Health Services (Non Communicable diseases )Dr.Champika Wikramasinghe has stated during a Function organized in this regard at BMICH Colombo last Tuesday (18).
Addressing the event Dr.Wikramasinghe has stressed that already Keals Supermarket Chain has agreed to implement this in.their supermarkets soon.
Health corners are already functioning at more than 1000 National Schools island wide under the name "Suwa Divi "(Healthy life ) centers she has revealed .
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