to outsource certain healthcare tests and diagnostics By Bandula Sirimanna View(s): View(s):The government is not privatising outright its health diagnostics facilities in state hospitals but rather choosing to adopt a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model to outsource selective medical testing and treatment facilities in their hospitals, according to Finance Ministry officials. A new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) will be formed by the ministry to substitute the existing National Agency for Public-Private Partnership (NAPPP) to implement such government initiatives and projects. Although 80 government hospitals currently have dialysis services, it has been observed that the existing facilities are insufficient to meet increasing clinical demand. As a consequence, taking into consideration the difficulties encountered by the kidney patients the requirement to expand dialysis services has been recognised. The Cabinet Memorandum cited financial limitations for purchasing high-cost equipment and complex, time-consuming procurement procedures as reasons for shifting to this model.

Source: Sunday Times January 25, 2026 00:14 UTC