Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine

Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine

Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters	385 Ven. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha, Colombo 10 6°55′12.40″N 79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E / 6.9201111; 79.8651667Coordinates: 6°55′12.40″N 79°51′54.60″E / 6.9201111°N 79.8651667°E / 6.9201111; 79.8651667
Annual budget	Rs. 138 billion (2016, recurrent) Rs. 36 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible	Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Deputy Minister responsible	Cassim Faizal, Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine
Ministry executive	Upali Marasinghe, Secretary
Child agencies	Ayurvedic Medical Council Department of Ayurveda Department of Health Services Medical Research Institute National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol National Health Council National Health Development Fund National Institute of Health Science National Institute of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Private Medical Institute Council Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation Sri Lanka Medical Council Sri Lanka Thriposha Limited State Pharmaceuticals Corporation State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation
Website	health.gov.lk

The Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for health. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on health, nutrition, indigenous medicine and other subjects which come under its purview. Under the Constitution of Sri Lanka provincial councils are responsible for running public hospitals but some hospitals, known as line ministry hospitals, are the responsibility of the Ministry of Health in Colombo. There were 49 line ministry hospitals in 2011 which included all teaching hospitals in the country. Together they had 33,000 beds (47% all beds in public hospitals). The current Minister of Health, Nutrition Indigenous Medicine and Deputy Minister of Health, Nutrition Indigenous Medicine are Rajitha Senaratne and Cassim Faizal respectively. The ministry's secretary is Upali Marasinghe.

The Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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