Lankan ayurvedic system to conquer foreign terrain

Two fully fledged Sri Lankan Panchakarma Ayurvedic hospitals will be set up in Japan and Germany, Indigenous Medicine Secretary B D Dahanayake said.

Each hospital will cost around Rs 40.5 million.

Discussions in this regard were held between Indigenous Medicine Deputy Minister Pandu Bandaranayake and investors from several countries.

The hospitals will be set up in Sendai, a major city in northeast Japan and Frankfurt a leading commercial city in Germany.

He said this decision was taken in response to the growing demand for ayurvedic treatment. Each hospital will be provided with 15 Ayurvedic doctors. Volunteers will be recruited after careful selecting process by an appointed Board.

He said a Sri Lankan lady who is in Germany has donated a building to the Indigenous Medicine Ministry to build the hospital.