Sri Lanka, May 30 -- With the Ministry of Health on May 23 deciding to convert 50 Ayurvedic Hospitals islandwide as Intermediate Covid Treatment Centres, hope is renewed of Sri Lanka's unique indigenous medical heritage being used at a time when the country needs it most; to curtail the impact of the Coronavirus on the population.

Ayurveda Dr. P. Hewagamage, President of the Government Ayurveda Medical Officers Association in an interview with the writer said that a specific Ayurveda based treatment protocol has now been made for this current pandemic phase, in addition to the treatment protocol made for the previous Coronavirus phases.

By this week the Nawinna Ayurveda Research hospital (with 100 beds) will be opened for Covid-19 patie...