Sri Lanka requests donations or provide essential drugs from international agencies, foreign nationals, and Sri Lankan expatriates. Due to lack of foreign exchange, Sri Lanka government is unable to import essentials drugs and medicines.

Lady Ridgeway Hospital (Teaching) is the largest tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka, exclusively treating and managing children from all parts of the country. It manages children suffering from various illnesses and handles thousands of children annually. Hospital greatly appreciate if donors could provide following items to Lady Ridgeway Hospital as a donation for continuous patients care services and these Items are very essential.
Consumables for the general theatre and the surgical ICU

10 ml syringers
I ml syringers _ Terumo brand
EMLA Cream
Sevoflurane Sunshine health care
Dobutamine 250mg _ 50
Colistin _50
Atracurium 25 mg
Fentanyl 100 microgram
Neostigmine 0.5 mg
Flucanozole
Amphoterazine
Vaminolact
Ceftriozone 1 gm
KCl iv
phosphate buffer
Paracetamol I gm iv 55- Fresenius kabi
paracetamol 500mg suppositories
Diclofenac sodium suppositories 50mg/25mg/12.5mg
Ketarolac
Thiamine iv
central venous catheters _size 3.0/5.5

Director General of Health services Dr. Asela Gunawardena has issued a communique appointing Dr. Anver Hamdani as the coordinating officer on behalf of Ministry of Health to coordinate, facilitate and liaise with relevant stakeholders.

Contact for more information
Tel 077 1214131
Email – moh.covid.coordinator@gmail.com

Contact for more information
Tel – 0112691521
Tel – 0112693711
Email – dlrh@health.gov.lk

Meanwhile, Government Medical Officers’ Association GMOA, launched a portal seeking donations of medicines and can be access via https://www.gmoa.lk/drug-shortage-in-sri-lanka/ link.

Contact for more information

Dr. Anver Hamdani +94 77 307 9525

Dr. Thenuwan Wickramasinghe +94718460435

Dr. R. Thanigaivasan +94772369608

Apeksha Hospital / “Maharagama Cancer Hospital” which treats cancer patients in Sri Lanka is experiencing a vital drug shortage. The shortage list of cancer medications for children as below.

  1. Vincristine suiphate injection Img vial – 1000 nos
  2. Vinblastine Sulphate Inj 10mgvial – 50 nos
  3. Etoposide injection 100mg vial – 500 nos
  4. Etoposide Capsule 50mg – 150 nos
  5. Lecucovorin Tab 15mg (Folinic acid) – 500 nos
  6. Lecucovorin Cal. Inj 50mg/2ml (Folinic acid) – 1000 nos
  7. Peg-asparaginase Inj 3,750IU -500 nos
  8. Dacarbazine Inj, 200mg vial – 100 nos
  9. Temozolomide capsule 100mg – 200 nos
  10. Carboplatin inj. 450mg/45mlvial – 200 nos
  11. Cisplatin injection 50mg vial – 300 nos
  12. Procarbazine Capsule 50mg – 300 nos
  13. Imatinib Mesilate Cap 100mg – 600 nos
  14. Irinotecan injection 100mg/5ml – 100 nos
  15. Rituximab injection500mg/50ml vial – 50 nos
  16. Filgrastim Inj. 300mcg/1mlfor Pediat – 4000 nos
  17. Topotecan hydrochloride inj.2.5mg vial – 50 nos
  18. Mesna injection 200mgin 2ml – 1000 nos
  19. Methotrexate tablet 2.5mg – 1500 nos
  20. Methotrexateinj.50mg/2ml (without preservatives) – 300 nos
  21. Methotrexate injection Ig vial – 1500 nos
  22. Mercaptopurine Tablet 50mg – 5000 nos
  23. Cytarabine injectionlg in 10ml vial – 200 nos
  24. Cytarabine inj, 100mg in Iml vial ,Preservative free – 1000 nos
  25. Mitoxantrone inj, 20mg/10mivial – 50 nos
  26. Daunorubicin HCl inj. 20mg vial – 500 nos
  27. Doxorubicin hydrochloride injection 2mg/ml 25ml vial – 500 nos
  28. Bleomycin sulphate Inj. 15 000 units vial – 100 nos
  29. Ifosfamidelg vial+Mesna 1000 mg in Iml – 500 nos
  30. Cyclophosphamide Tablet 50 – 400 nos
  31. Cyclophosphamide inj. 1000mg vial – 500 nos
  32. Actinomycin D inj. 500meg vial – 200 nos

Contact for more information

Tel 0714144854
Email – wasantha71r@gmail.com

Sri Lanka Children Hospital Lady Ridgeway Requests Donations
Sri Lanka Children Hospital Lady Ridgeway Requests Donations