President’s Fund to increase allowances paid as medical aid

 

Secretary to the President’s Fund W.A.Sarath Kumara has assured that steps have been taken to complete the work on 10,360 applications out of the 11,000 applications received by the end of 2022.

While a majority of payments related to the applications have already been made, the remaining applications are being cleared promptly and are expected to be completed within the next few weeks, the President’s Media Division (PMD) stated.

Accordingly, nearly Rs.1,500 million has already been paid for medical aid within this year, on the instructions of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to speed up applications pertaining to the provision of medical aid to needy patients.