Ministry of Health sets up sports and cultural units in hospitals in Srilanka

19 October 2011: Health Ministry of Sri Lanka has proposed the sports and cultural sections be established at all main hospitals in the country.

It has been found that exercise and cultural events play a key role in minimizing ailments of the heart, high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, kidney ailments and even cancer.

The government has had to spend a large sum of money on non-communicable diseases due to their rapid increase and that it has become a financial burden to the state.

Source: Colombopage