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Health Minister To Establish An Exercise Center Each For Every Village In The Country

The Minister Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has decided to establish an Exercise Center each for every  village of the country in view of  reducing the spreading of non communicable diseases .

Lack of Exercises has been identified as one if the major causes for spreading non communicable diseases in Sri Lankan Society according to the Minister.

Health Minister has stressed the need to  referring young children and their Mothers for daily exercises as due to the lack of exercises non communicable diseases like Heart Diseases,Diabetes and Blood Reassure are spreading rapidly among them.

Bakery Owners To Avoid Increasing The Prices Of Bakery Products

The Bakery Owners Association Of Sri Lanka has today(12) said the prices of Bakery Products will not be increased although prices of several raw materials used to make Bakery Products have been increased already.

Due to the several taxes proposed through the budget proposals-2016 the prices of several raw materials used to make Bakery Products including wheat flour have been increased according to Association.

However the Consumer Affairs Authority has earlier warned it will sue some Flour Importing Companies here which increased the Flour Price illegally by Rs.2 per Kilo Gramme.

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Foreign Specialist Doctors To Ease The Shortage Of Specialist Doctors In The Country-Health Minister

Specialist Doctors will be imported   from other countries  to ease  the shortage of Specialist Doctors   in the country if other methods have failed according to Minister Of Health,Nutrition  And Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.

The Health Ministry is planning to increase the passing rate of Post Graduate Doctors to ease the shortage of specialist doctors in the country and it that  fails the Ministry is having no other option than importing Specialist Doctors from other countries the Minister has said.

Several Foreign Countries have already agreed to supply specialist doctors to Sri Lanka he has further said.