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 Date: 2026-08-19   Answered 

2139/2026: RABIES VACCINATION AND STERILIZATION OF DOGS: ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR 2025/ 2026

Hon. Dinesh Hemantha,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)

(a) Will he inform this House of the —

(i) number of persons who died of rabies as a result of dog bites in 2025;

(ii) expenditure incurred on the treatment and vaccination provided to rabies patients during the said year;

(iii) total amount allocated for the sterilization of dogs during the said year;

(iv) number of stray dogs sterilized using the said allocation;

(v) total amount allocated to the Ministry in 2026 for the dog sterilization programme;

(vi) number of stray dogs sterilized to date in 2026 using the said allocation; and

(vii) nature of the dog sterilization programme implemented by the Ministry, in brief?

(b) If not, why?

Asked Date

2026-08-19

Asked by

Hon. Dinesh Hemantha, M.P.

Ministry

Health and Mass Media

Legislature

Tenth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka

Session

First Session

Question History

Answer

The answer is given in sinhala language.

Answered Date

2026-10-20

Answered by

Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa, M.P.





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