<span style="color: #222222;">In Sri Lanka, the Government Medical Officers Association in a statement said that the prices of medicine and medical equipment have increased three to four times in the local market. It further said, it is very hard to find medicine and medical equipment due to the current economic crisis in the country.<br />''<br />''Association's Media Committee Member Dr. Prasad Kolabage said, certain medicinal drugs are not available in the local market. In this situation, people are trying to go to hospitals to get their medicines because they are unable to bear the cost of them.<br />''<br />''Local media reports that most of the medicines and medical importers have withdrawn from importing due to financial crisis caused by the dollar crunch and issues related to placing orders and transport issues. Certain importers have stopped importing medicines completely. These are the reasons for the current medicine scarcity in the country.<br />''<br />''The transport issue has also become a very serious issue when it comes to distributing medicine in the country. With the limited medical supplies in the other provinces, the doctors have to adopt a limit in issuing medicines.</span><br />