Is Sri Lanka’s Healthcare System Ready for the Challenges of a Government Hospital Patients Increase?
Is Sri Lanka’s Healthcare System Ready for the Challenges of a Government Hospital Patients Increase? Sri Lanka’s government hospitals continue to shoulder the vast majority of the country’s healthcare burden, with over 95 percent of in-patients and roughly half of all out-patients relying on the public system. Patient numbers are rising due to an ageing […]
Can Sri Lanka’s Healthcare System Keep Up with an Ageing Population?
Sri Lanka’s Healthcare System And Ageing Population – Sri Lanka’s population is ageing at one of the fastest rates in Asia. The proportion of citizens aged 60 and above has risen sharply from 12 percent in 2012 to 18 percent in 2024, with projections indicating it will reach 25 percent by 2040, meaning one in […]