Ambulances, equipment to Northern hospitals

by A.S.M. Irshad-Colombo Cor.

A ceremony to distribute ambulances and medical equipment was held at the Northern Province Governor’s Secretariat recently. Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development Douglas Devananda and Governor of the Northern Province G.A. Chandrasiri participated as chief guests and distributed the ambulances and medical equipment.

The Line Ministry of Health had donated six ambulances to the Northern Province. They were distributed to Point Pedro, Tellipalai, Chavakachcheri and Cheddikulam Base Hospitals, Vavuniya General Hospital and Mannar Divisional Hospital.

The United Nations Population Fund had donated medical equipment worth Rs. 32 million to hospitals in the province. CTG machines, informers and ultra-sound scanners are some of the equipment donated by the Fund.