Lankaputhra Development Bank renovates leprosy hospital

Lankaputhra Development Bank Chairman H.S. Dharmasiri presents a gift to an inmate of the hospital.

Lankaputhra Development Bank renovated the leprosy hospital at Wattala and provided equipment and medicinal drugs through its CSR project.

The bank painted four wards, repaired broken ceiling fans, purchased cupboards for patients and renovated the name board as well.

The leprosy hospital which is over 300-years-old was built during the Dutch period. Patients have not been admitted to the hospital after 1983 but there are 43 in-house patients.

The renovation work was completed recently and Lankaputhra Development Bank Chairman H.S. Dharmasiri, General Manager and CEO Lasantha Amarasekera, Assistant General Manager, Credit and Operations, Ranjith Dissanayaka and staff members of the bank visited the hospital and presented gifts to the inmates. The doctor in charge of the hospital, Dr Namal Gunasekera was also present.

Chairman of the Bank H.S. Dharmasiri said that the bank would always support such projects under the CSR program of the bank. "We should support projects which are not supported by other institutions and the public," he said.

The Bank was set up under the Mahinda Chinthana to support development activities.