Multilac and Macktiles donate dialysis machine

Multilac and Macktiles donated a dialysis machine to the Panadura Base Hospital recently.

The machine was presented to Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne by CEO, Macksons Holdings, Shimmer Milfer and CEO, Shimmzi Plastics, Ismail Hussain. The hospital's administrative management and staff were also present.

Dialysis is the process of removing waste and excess water from blood, and is used to perform the functions of the kidney for people with kidney failure.

The dialysis machine mixes and monitors the dialysate - the fluid that helps remove waste from blood. It also monitors the flow of blood while it is outside the body, purifies it and pumps the blood back to the body.

This machine was much-needed at the Panadura Base Hospital as none of the hospitals in the area had a dialysis machine.

Multilac and Macktiles are confident that the doctors along with the staff of the hospital will make optimum use of the machine and will upgrade the facilities at the Panadura Base Hospital under the second phase of the CSR project.

Multilac, a large paint manufacturer and exporter is owned by Macksons Holdings. It has also received the Green Label Certification. The main manufacturing facility is in Panadura. Macktiles which manufactures tiles in its state-of-the-art factory in Bandaragama, is also a part of Macksons Holdings.