Cabinet had approved a proposal submitted by the President Ranil Wikramasinghe as the Finance Minister to utilize 10 million US Dollars received for two projects , to purchase essential drugs and medical equipment for the hospitals the acting Cabinet spokesman and Minister of Industries and Plantation Industries Dr.Ramesh Pathirana had stated
Accordingly US Dollars 7 million received for Colombo City development project and US Dollars 3 million received for a project on reducing disasters will be utilized to purchase drugs and medical equipment he has stressed .