Fifty estate hospitals to be developed

Mohammed NAALIR

BADULLA:The Health Care and Nutrition Ministry has decided to take over fifty estate hospitals and develop them under the Mahinda Chinthana programme. Development work of twenty hospitals in the Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces were completed last year and twenty hospitals in the Badulla district and Sabaragamuwa Province will be developed this year.

The vacancies prevailing for midwives in Ugaland, Neluwa, Welimada Group, Kinalan, Bingarawa, Springveli, Makanda, Gilan, Adawatta, Bibile, Denaria A and B, Rockatenna, Solan, Pattawatta, Galkanda, Uwakele and Robary estate hospitals will be filled shortly, Deputy Health Care and Nutritional Minister Vadivel Suresh said.

The midwives being appointed to a particular estate hospital should be residents of that respective area. The recruitment of midwives and training will commence shortly under a special programme.