Maternity hospital receives new equipment [May 30 2013]

The Castle Street Maternity Hospital receives a new portable ventilator for its Intensive Care Unit and the Special Baby Care Unit. The new machine was donated by the Liya Abhiman Organisation.

Chairperson of the Liya Abhiman Organization Pushpa Rajapaksa handed over the donation to director of the Hospital Dr. W. K. Wickramasinghe at an event held at the hospital premises.

Ventilators are machines that provide breathing support for ill or premature babies who are often too weak to breathe properly on their own.