Forty-Two Wellness Centres Planned Across Twenty-One Districts
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Forty-two health and wellness centres were scheduled to open across 21 districts on 24 January as Sri Lanka expanded a pilot programme focused on preventive healthcare.
The announcement, issued on 21 January, described the openings as the second phase of the Healthy Sri Lanka initiative. Five pilot centres had already been established during the previous year in Galle, Ratnapura, Kalutara, Kandy and Matale districts.
The Health Ministry planned 250 additional centres nationwide during the year, supported by a budget allocation of Rs. 1.5 billion. The wider programme envisaged a network of 1,000 centres.
The rollout was presented as an effort to bring preventive services closer to communities. The announcement set out planned openings and funding, rather than confirming that the entire national network was already operating.
Source: news.lk
