Renovated ward for NHS

C.W.Mackie PLC recently handed over the renovated and completed Surgical Ward No. 32 of the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. The company, one of the diversified business conglomerates in Sri Lanka undertook the renovation and maintenance of Surgical Ward No. 32 of the National Hospital and successfully completed the ward with modern amenities, which was officially handed over to hospital authorities on 28th June 2016 at a simple ceremony organized by Coordinating Secretary Dr. Ramya Premaratne and the staff of the Coordinating Secretariat of Facelift Project of the National Hospital.

The project was launched in January 2016 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions by Executive Director of C. W. Mackie PLC Mangala Perera, and Deputy Director General of the National Hospital in Colombo Dr. Anil Jasinghe, giving assurance of the successful completion of the CSR Project. The company has agreed to continue this ward’s renovations for next five years.

C.W Mackie PLC has also expanded their services to the Horana Base Hospital, where the company is responsible for the maintenance of yet another general ward. They recently extended their project with the newly added drug room, which can be considered as fulfilling a most needed requirement of the hospital at the right stage.

Commenting on the CSR initiative of C.W Mackie PLC, Dr. Anil Jasinghe,Deputy Director General of National Hospital, said,“This is another remarkable and important day in our hospital’s history. We appreciate very much and take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude towards C.W. Mackie PLC’s management and staff for their genuine consideration towards our humble request to renovate this surgical ward and working towards it with their maximum support and finally handing over a completely renovated Ward No. 32 to our hospital. This CSR project sets an example to other corporate sector companies as well, and I request them to come forward to do this sort of sound activities for the nation”. He further added “Ward No. 32 is a surgical ward with 75 beds which is also used as a facilitated teaching ward for medical students and trainee nurses”.