Modern kidney centre at A'pura hospital

Navaratne Bandara, Mahaweli systems corr.

ANURADHAPURA: The Government has initiated a project to construct a modern kidney centre at the Anuradhapura General Hospital premises to facilitate kidney patients in North Central Province to seek medical assistance for five days a week.

Presently the clinic for kidney patients at the Anuradhapura Hospital functions once a week only. The new wing of the kidney treatment centre will consist of twenty-four blood purification plants, two operation theatres, an intensive care unit and a kidney research centre.

The construction work was initiated at a simple ceremony by the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition recently participated by North Central Province Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayaka, Sri Lanka National Kidney Foundation chairman Dr. A. M. C. Beligaswatta, Secretary of the Foundation Dr. Tilak Abeysekera, health officials and public.

The Government, North Central Provincial Council and the Sri Lanka National Kidney Foundation seek public and other organisations' assistance for the project.