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e. Sri Lanka has its own indigenous scheme of traditional medicine which is called hela wedakama (not associated with ayurveda it is unique). [1] [2] This system has been practised for thousands of years. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan hela wedakama tradition is a mixture of Sinhala traditional medicine, mainland āyurveda and Siddha systems ...
Gampaha Wickramarachchi Sidhayurveda Medical College establish in 1929 by Pandit G.P Wickramarachchi with the aims of improving Ayurveda Medicine and provided treated freely. In 1984 it was upgraded to the hospital and on 27 February 2008. it was affiliated by the Department of Ayurveda. At present this hospital has four wards that can ...
There are an estimated 20,000 registered practitioners of ayurveda in Sri Lanka. According to the Mahavamsa, an ancient chronicle of Sinhalese royalty from the sixth century CE, King Pandukabhaya (reigned 437 BCE to 367 BCE) had lying-in-homes and ayurvedic hospitals (Sivikasotthi-Sala) built in various parts of the country. This is the ...
The Faculty of Indigenous Medicine of the University of Colombo, specialising in Ayurveda and the Sri Lankan traditional medicine. Founded as the College of Indigenous Medicine in 1929, it became part of the University of Colombo adopting its current name in 1977. It is a premier center of undergraduate and postgraduate study and research into ...
Healthcare in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has a free [1] and universal health care system. It scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high Life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. [2] [3] It is known for having one of the world's earliest known healthcare systems and has its own indigenous ...
Government Hospitals. Line Ministry Hospitals. National Hospital (Teaching), Kandy. Sirimavo Bandaranayake Specialized Children Hospital (Teaching), Peradeniya. General Hospital (Teaching), Peradeniya. District General Hospital Nawalapitiya - Nawalapitiya. Hospitals of The Provincial Department of Health Services. Base Hospital (Teaching) Gampola.
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Location in Colombo District. The Ministry of Health [4] ( Sinhala: සෞඛ්ය අමාත්යාංශය, romanized: Saukhya Amāthyānshaya; Tamil: சுகாதார அமைச்சு, romanized: Cukātāra Amaiccu) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for health. The ministry is responsible for ...