Sri Lanka, Singapore to enhance healthcare collaboration
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner Senarath Dissanayake met SingHealth International Collaboration Office Director, Vijaya Rao and SingHealth International Collaboration Office Manager, Irene Ang recently, with the aim of strengthening ongoing partnerships and exploring new avenues for collaboration in healthcare. SingHealth is the largest group of healthcare institutions in Singapore, comprising a network of public hospitals, national speciality centres, and polyclinics. This meeting served as a follow up to the meeting held between the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and Singapore’s Health Minister, Ong Ye Kung in July. Minister/Head of Chancery of the Sri Lanka High Commission, Ahamed Razee also joined the discussion.
Rao provided an overview of the long-standing relationship between SingHealth and the Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry, pursuing mutual commitments to sustainable healthcare partnerships and impactful initiatives. She emphasised SingHealth’s close engagement with Sri Lankan universities and hospitals to enhance the capabilities of healthcare professionals in Sri Lanka and to advance research efforts.
She underscored that a major milestone of this partnership was the inauguration of the Jaffna Regional Collaborating Centre (RCC), attached to the University Jaffna in May. The RCC was developed in conjunction with SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute with the aim of fostering global health research partnerships, driving innovation, and improving clinical competencies in Sri Lanka’s healthcare workforce.
The High Commissioner inquired about the possibility of obtaining further assistance in Sri Lanka’s capacity-building needs in the health sector through training programmes and sharing technological expertise.
In response, the SingHealth International Collaboration Office Director reiterated SingHealth’s willingness to partner with Sri Lanka’s progressive journey towards healthcare and collaborate on projects in key areas, including joint research and education initiatives and healthcare development activities.
It was agreed to explore the possibilities of arranging programmes for medical professionals to share best practices in healthcare administration, hospital design and planning, health economics, patient safety, and research in public health strategies and policymaking. As part of the collaboration roadmap, upcoming initiatives will include specialised training programmes and a visit by a Sri Lankan delegation to Singapore to strengthen knowledge exchange and cooperation.
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