Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 -- Five linear accelerator radiation machines were purchased for provincial hospitals under the intervention of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa, following years of procurement delays.

The equipment was allocated to the Badulla Provincial General Hospital, Ratnapura Teaching Hospital, Hambantota General Hospital, Kurunegala Teaching Hospital, and Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, with each machine costing over Rs. 600 million and total unit costs exceeding Rs. 1 billion each.

Three of the five machines were delivered to the Badulla, Ratnapura, and Hambantota hospitals, with Badulla completing installation in April and Hambantota finishing in early October, while Ratnapura completed...