The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Bahrain held a free medical camp for the Sri Lankan community at its premises in Manama on 11 September 2026, run with the Sri Lankan Engineering Society in Bahrain and the American Mission Hospital, the Colombo Gazette reported.
Over 100 Sri Lankan nationals took part. Screenings covered height and weight, Body Mass Index, blood pressure and blood sugar, with one-to-one consultations available with American Mission Hospital clinicians in internal medicine, ENT, nutrition, eye care and dental care.
A consular camp held for the first time
Running alongside the medical camp, the embassy held a consular camp — its first — offering consular and labour-related services. These included assistance on consular matters, registration with the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), and information on insurance coverage, the Migrant Worker Multi-purpose Loan Scheme and other benefits available to Sri Lankan migrant workers.
Pairing the two is the substantive development here. SLBFE registration is the gateway to insurance cover and repatriation support for workers abroad, and unregistered migrants are the group most exposed when a medical or employment problem arises. Bringing the registration desk to a health event reaches workers who may not otherwise travel to the embassy for paperwork alone.
Ambassador Shanika Dissanayake thanked the Engineering Society and the hospital for their support and encouraged the community to use the consular and labour services on offer. Nilanga Gunawardena, president of the Sri Lankan Engineering Society, stressed the importance of regular health awareness and preventive care among the community, and Dr. Babu Ramachandran of the American Mission Hospital reaffirmed the hospital’s commitment to the community’s health.
A Sri Lankan breakfast was provided for attendees.
Not reported
The Colombo Gazette does not say how many of those attending registered with the SLBFE or took up the loan scheme, how many Sri Lankans live and work in Bahrain, or whether the embassy intends to repeat the combined format. It gives no findings from the screenings and does not say whether anyone was referred for further treatment. The account is drawn from an official announcement published six days after the event.
