They were joined by Maldivian Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim. Health Minister Senaratne, calling April 7, World Health Day a “truly historic day”, made a pledge that Sri Lanka was making use of primary level curative health institutions to move towards a state-led system of ‘family doctors’ accountable for smaller populations. “‘A Family Doctor for All’ where a trained family physician will be responsible for a population of around 5,000 is our aim. “Sri Lanka has a state-funded and run healthcare system providing healthcare free of charge at the point of delivery. As such, the primary healthcare system needs to adjust to address these two (epidemiologic and demographic) transitions.

Source: Sunday Times April 12, 2018 17:14 UTC