People's Leasing presents van to hospital

People's Leasing and Finance PLC (PLC) recently donated a van to the cancer unit of the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital, Galle (home based palliative care unit).

People's Leasing Head Office IT division and the PLC Galle branch engaged in this worthy cause.

The vehicle worth Rs. 3.5 million was donated to further strengthen the home based palliative care services carried out by the hospital for the betterment of cancer patients in acute condition who were treated and sent back to their homes.

Chief cancer specialist Dr. Upul Ekanayake said, "Cancer patients who are beyond cure need special assistance. The patients need nursing care and assistance to keep their moral high. We have a dedicated task-force comprising doctors, nurses and assistants."

"They pay home visits to check the health of patients and provide them with whatever such patients need and this donation will add muscle and value to the process," he said.

He said that earlier the home based palliative unit could visit only one patient a month and now these visits can be increased to ten by deploying the van donated by PLC.

People's Leasing also donated branded mugs and food packets to around 225 resident-patients and branded umbrellas to over 140 officials, doctors, nurses and staff of the palliative care unit.

People's Leasing and Finance, CEO and General Manager, D. P. Kumarage, Asst General Managers Rohan Tennakoon and Prabath Gunesena, Senior Managers Andy Ratnayake and Hasantha de Silva, head office staff and Galle branch staff, Specialist Dr. Upul Ekanayake, Karapitiya Teaching Hospital Cancer Section's 'Palliative Care Unit' President Anil Ranjith were also present.