INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
has led to widespread resource shortages across the country, said the SRC in a press release on its website.Citing the Sri Lanka Medical
Association, SRC said that all hospitals in Sri Lanka lack access to imported emergency drugs and medical equipment, leading to the
launched a public fundraising appeal to rally donations to support these communities with medical drugs and equipment.Sri Lanka is in the
grip of its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with severe shortages of essential goods and regular blackouts causing
widespread hardship.Demonstrations have raged across Sri Lanka for weeks as people angered by prolonged power cuts and shortages of fuel and
that only emergency, casualty and malignancy surgeries would be conducted from Apr 7 onwards because of a lack of surgical supplies.Sri
Lankans are also struggling with rocketing inflation that has hit middle-class families, with citizens overseas urged to send home money to
help pay for desperately needed food and fuel after the country announced a default on its US$51 billion foreign debt.Source: Channel News
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