June 23, Colombo: The time given to all private medical institutes including hospitals, nursing homes, laboratories as well as full time and part time private medical practitioners of Sri Lanka to register in Private Medical Services Regulation Council ended yesterday.
However, the Ministry of Health sources said that the number of such firms registered accordingly was not satisfactory.
Sri Lanka implemented the Private Medical Institutes Registration Act on 22nd March and three months were given to all private medical institutes to register in the Private Medical Services Regulation Council.
The Ministry of Health Director in charge of private medical institutes, Amal Harsha de Silva said that legal action would be taken against the medical centers that have not obtained the necessary registration.
Health Ministry says that there are around 25,000 bogus doctors in the country practicing and prescribing western medicines without proper qualifications.
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