SLT to promote indigenous medicine
Priyanka KURUGALA
Sri Lanka Telecom will provide sponsorship to promote indigenous
medicine this year.
Sri Lanka Telecome Chief Executive Officer Greg Young
presents the SLT Directory for 2012 to Indigenous Medicine
Minister Salinda Dissanayake. Deputy Indigenous Medicine
Minister Pandu Bandaranayake and SLT officials were also
present. Picture by Wasitha Patabendige. |
They have devoted the cover of SLT rainbow pages to Ayurveda
promotion of, Indigenous Medicine Minister Salinda Dissanayake said.
The SLT National Directory launching ceremony for 2012 was held at
the Mihilaka Medura, BMICH on March 4.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is always keen to promote the indigenous
medicine system and propagate it internationally. The authorities have
identified that, the indigenous medicine sector has the maximum ability
to cure non communicable diseases such as heart attacks, diabetese and
blood pressure, he said.
The country already has a systematic indigenous medicine method to
cure diseases such as eye disease, fractures and many ailments. The
value of indigenous medicine systems need to be publicised so that it
would reach to the world, he said.
Sri Lanka Telecom is promoting this sector in collaboration with the
Indigenous Medicine Ministry. Around 1.6 million SLT Telephone
Directories will be distributed this year. Apart from that utilizing
CDs, e-mails, e-directories and websites Sri Lanka Telecom is supporting
the Indigenous Medicine Ministry to promote the Ayurveda system this
year, he said. Deputy Indigenous Medicine Minister Pandu Bandaranayake
said that a large number of tourists are visiting Sri Lanka. Therefore
the ministry has taken measures to develop this sector. Sri Lanka
Telecome Chief Executive Officer Greg Young said, SLT had supported to
promote tourism last year. Sri Lanka Telecom will support to promote
Ayurveda during this year. Ministry Secretary Bandula Dahanayake also
spoke. |