Ayurvedic University in Kurunegala district

by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.

Minister of Indigenous Medicine and Kurunegala District Parliamentarian Salinda Dissanayake has taken steps to construct a fully-fledged Ayurvedic University in 2013 and it will be a boon to Ayurvedic graduates who are interested in doing research and experiments on effective Ayurvedic drugs and traditional methods of treating patients who suffer from "incurable ailments", said Dr. H.M. Herath Banda, the President of Kurunegala District Registered Physicians' Association, at a meeting of Ayurvedic Physicians of the NWP held recently in Bingiriya.

"Government hopes to expand the conventional Ayurvedic treatment system of Sri Lanka and many educated youngsters would have opportunities to study Ayurveda methodically and properly. Such experienced persons can obtain job opportunities internationally as a high demand for Ayurvedic treatments in foreign countries is now existing.

Hence, many trained youth of Sri Lanka would get better and lucrative jobs in the near future.