Medical equipment donated to Nikaweratiya Base Hospital

The Seva Vanitha Unit of the Foreign Ministry presented medical equipment to the new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Nikaweratiya Base Hospital following a request from the Ministry of Health.

Additional Secretary, Ministry, Jayantha Palipane on behalf of the President of the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Foreign Ministry Deepthi Bogollagama presented the equipment to the Provincial Director of Health of the North Western Province, Dr. A. K. S. B. de Alwis and the Acting District Medical Officer, Dr. K. A. D. P. M. D. Athukorale at the hospital.

The donation was made possible by Dr. Thomas H.C. Cheung, Honorary Consul for Sri Lanka in Hong Kong and flown to Sri Lanka courtesy SriLankan Airlines.

The equipment consists of a Philips Defibrillator, a Resmed C-Pap Machien and a Philips CTG Machine.

The total value of medical equipment, including earlier donations made by the Foreign Ministry Seva Vanitha Unit to the ICU at the Base Hospital in Nikaweratiya now stands at Rs. 5 million.

Dr. Alwis thanked Foreign Minister, Rohitha Bogollagama and the President of the Seva Vanitha Unit of the Foreign Ministry, Deepthi Bogollagama, for their timely initiative in obtaining the medical equipment.

Dr. Athukorale said that the donation is particularly useful as it will enable the treatment of emergency patients at the hospital itself, as previously such patients had to be transported to more distant and better equipped facilities at considerable risk to their lives.

Additional Secretary, Palipane on behalf of the Foreign Ministry Seva Vanitha Unit, also handed over 10 Infusion Pumps for the treatment of Thalassaemia patients, at the request of the National Thalassaemia Centre, valued at Rs. 450,000.