Sri
Lanka / Health and Medical Services
A few sensible precautions that will ensure a healthy
and happy sojourn in Sri Lanka. Try to avoid drinking
water straight from the tap. Bottled water is readily
available and if it is not a bottled cold drink or
coconut water can be a safe substitute. Carry sunscreen,
particularly if you intend to spend time on the beach
and prickly heat powder in any case. Sri Lanka has
its share of mosquitoes so it is a good idea to be
equipped with a mosquito and insect repellant and
if prone to it, anti malarial prophylactics.
Sri
Lankan pharmacies are pretty well stocked with a fairly
wide range of allopathic medicines and as an alternative
there are outlets for Ayurvedic medicine, the country’s
indigenous health care system. Free medical and surgical
services
are provided in state owned hospitals
everywhere in the country.
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