State Health Ministry gets Social Services Dept. and Elders Secretariat
Institutes coming under Ministry of Technology headed by President also named
The 1990 Suwaseriya Foundation, Department of Social Services and the National Council and Secretariat for Elders have been placed under the newly-appointed State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control Sudharshini Fernandopulle.
Under the subjects and functions assigned to the State Ministry, it is tasked with assisting in the formulation of policies in relation to the subject of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control for the creation of a ‘Healthy Community’ under the direction and guidance of the Minister of Health.