![]() Leaving aside the emerging doctor-crunch, government hospitals also lack the basic means to fight malnutrition in children, which is becoming increasingly rampant, some reports have clamed. Today, they may be the ones who may want Indian doctors to come and work there – as they would rather have their own doctor-son or daughter to go West, grow green. To think that some political parties had protested when the Sirisena-Ranil government had included ‘Services’ in the proposed Economy and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), as it could lead to medical doctors from across the Palk Strait glutting the Sri Lankan market, and denying opportunities for local specialists. In the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the local government had introduced the scheme, as a part of women education/empowerment programme. Maybe, the minister should consider approaching bigger manufacturers and suppliers to give away free napkins to poor students in rural and urban areas for a time, as part of their CSR and/or awareness programme. That is saying a lot about how mindless has the system worked post-economic crisis and how human intervention (alone) can help. Afterwards, the State minister for women and child welfare, Geetha Kumarasinghe told Parliament that on her request, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to reduce the cess, the Port and Development Levy (PAL) and customs duty on sanitary pads.īetter still, a local manufacturer, the minister said, had agreed to provide sanitary pads at LKR 150 for school children. ![]() Even as Parliament discussed women empowerment recently, local newspapers reported how many girl students were taking periodic leave from school because families could not afford to buy them sanitary napkins.
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