The current tender procedure of the Government will be changed from January 2017, in order to accelerate the process, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.
Minister Senaratne said that it currently takes more than nine months to obtain equipment required by the Health Ministry when state health institutions are in need of the equipment sooner.
He said that this issue was brought to the Cabinet Minister’s notice.
The Minister made these comments at a ceremony at Castle Street Maternity Hospital, today (6).
He pointed out that once the procedure is changed, it will only take two weeks to buy required essential medical equipment and only two and half months more to buy the rest.