Colombo, Oct. 12 -- Although the Health Ministry and the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation (SPC) have repeatedly assured that Sri Lanka's drug shortage will be completely resolved by early 2026, an oversupply of nearly a hundred essential and non-essential drug items has been reported in several major hospitals across the country, Chairman of the Medical and Civil Rights Doctors' Trade Union Alliance, Specialist Dr. Chamal Sanjeewa said.

He said that, alongside the surplus, hospitals are still facing severe shortages of vital medicines and surgical supplies, highlighting a deep administrative and political failure within the health sector.

Dr. Sanjeewa said that senior officials of the Ministry of Health, dating back to the tenure of fo...