Hon. Lal Premanath,—To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House of the —

(i) number of government hospitals in Sri Lanka;

(ii) number of such hospitals in each category according to the categorization of government hospitals, separately; and

(iii) number of hospitals in each such category in operation in the Matara District, separately;

(b) Will he also inform this House –

(i) of the number of primary medical centres functioning within the Matara District;

(ii) whether 18 Emergency Treatment Units have been purchased for such centres under World Bank loans or by any other means;

(iii) if so, of the year in which they were purchased;

(iv) of the name of the Minister in charge of the line Ministry of Health at that time;

(v) if the units concerned are still not operated as Emergency Treatment Units, of the obstacle that prevents it; and

(vi) of the further measures that will be taken to run the units concerned as Emergency Treatment Units?

(c) If not why?