300 million Rufiyaa has been spent by Husnuvaa Aasandha so far this year : MD

300 million Rufiyaa has been spent by Husnuvaa Aasandha so far this year : MD


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Managing Director of Aasandha Hassan Ali have said that so far this year, 300 million Rufiyaa has been spent by Husnuvaa Aasandha.

Speaking to the press at Aasandha Office today, he said that 26 percent of this money was spent on pharmacies and 20 percent was on medical institutions abroad. In addition, he said that so far, this year 3776 people have been sent abroad for treatment and out of that 3304 people were sent to India. Meanwhile 472 people were sent to hospitals in Sri Lanka.

“Most of the people are being sent abroad for cancer treatment. So far this year 1101 people have been sent abroad to treat cancer” said Hassan Ali.

He said that once the cancer treatment unit is established in Hulhumale’ the dependency on foreign hospitals will be reduced.