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Bumper investment for Nawaloka upgrading
Tamara Nissanka
“During the last financial year alone Nawaloka Hospitals invested a
total of Rs 500 million in upgrading its facilities as well as in new
technology.”, said Director General Manager of Nawaloka Hospital, Prof.
Lal Chandrasena at a celebration to commemorate the 22nd Anniversary of
Nawaloka Hospitals.
The Hospital’s ongoing expansion project once completed will house a
well equipped emergency treatment
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Anniversary celebration: Director of Nawaloka Hospitals Harshith
Dharmadasa, Deputy Chairman of Nawaloka Hospitals Jayantha
Dharmadasa, Chairman Tea Board Lalith Hettiarachchi, Chairman of
Nawaloka Hospitals H.K. Dharmadasa and Director / General
Manager of Nawaloka Hospitals Prof. Lal Chandrasena at the
ceremony. Picture by Wimal Karunatilake |
unit, an OPD laboratory, a pharmacy,
consultation rooms, a maternity department with a theatre, a delivery
room and private delivery rooms, an Out Bound Unit for patients with
post pregnancy defects, a neo natal unit, a Medical Intensive Care Unit
(MICU) with the latest facilities, dialysis unit, isolation room, 6
ultra modern surgical theatres, a modern fertility centre, Nephrology
unit, as well as a series of villas and suites.
The Hospital received the ISO 9001: 2000 standard award at the 22nd
anniversary celebration event.
Nawaloka is the only hospital in the country to be awarded this
certification.
Nawaloka also stands the first Sri Lankan hospital ever to receive a
national or international standard award, when it was presented the ISO
9002 quality certification in 1998.
The capping ceremony of 35 passing-out nurses was one of the event’s
highlights.
Scholarships were awarded to two Medical Faculty qualified students,
who are also daughters of two Nawaloka Hospital employees. Namely,
Vindya Jayaratne and Shashi Kariyawasam. Certificates and Gold tokens
were presented to 52 employees having rendered 22 years of service to
the Hospitals Group.
Established in 1985 as the country’s first fully-equipped private
hospital, Nawaloka were the pioneers in introducing the first Intensive
Care Unit, CT Scanner, Mammography Unit, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Unit and the first Cardiac Cauterization Laboratory in a private
hospital.
Health-conscious to be rewarded by Ceylinco
The Ceylinco Diabetes Centre is to encourage Sri Lankans to go for
periodic screening as a means of preventing or managing the disease that
now afflicts one in seven people on the island.
Effective immediately, the Centre will present every visitor who opts
for any one of its screening packages with an attractive gift pack
compiled especially with diabetics and the health conscious in mind.
Among the goodies in the pack will be items such as foot cream,
non-sugar sweeteners, sugar-free snacks and beverages, and health food.
The promotion will conclude at the end of October.
“This promotion is intended to reward those who have heeded medical
advice and decided to get themselves screened either as a precautionary
measure or as part of their diabetes management routine,” the Centre’s
Senior Medical Officer Dr. Samanthi de Silva said.
In May this year, the Ceylinco Diabetes Centre promoted foot care, an
essential part of good diabetes management, with a promotion that
offered a free foot care package at its podiatry clinic to every visitor
who obtained a diabetes package. Additionally, 10 Glucometers were
presented to visitors selected through a draw.
“The Ceylinco Diabetes Centre has established itself as a centre of
excellence in Sri Lanka, and we are continuing with our efforts to
create awareness among the general public about the debilitating effects
of diabetes and how it can be prevented,” Dr. de Silva added.
The Centre offers a range of investigation packages for individuals
with a high risk of developing diabetes and routine checks for
non-diabetics as well. These packages are recommended by specialist
doctors based on the needs of each individual. The Ceylinco Diabetes
Centre is the most advanced stand-alone private facility for screening
and management of diabetes in Sri Lanka.
Established by Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited (CHSL) in
affiliation with the Washington Hospital Centre, the Ceylinco Diabetes
Centre is a highly specialised out-patient clinic for screening,
detection and management of diabetes and its complications.
The Centre also conducts clinics in Diabetology, Cardiology,
Ophthalmology, Neurology, Nephrology, Vascular Pathology, Podiatry,
Dermatology and Nutrition. The Centre has its own specialised Wound
Clinic and a Diabetes shop offering diabetics their needs including
custom made footwear.
Ranbaxy to pump $ 500-600 mn for healthcare
Pharma major Ranbaxy Laboratories said that it would pump in $500-600
million in the healthcare sector in Punjab.
The company has also plans to produce 10 million tablets in its
proposed SEZ in the state during the next two years.
“We have submitted our project proposal with the Punjab government.
The project will involve an investment of USD 500-600 million in
creating healthcare infrastructure such as hospitals and medical
institutes in the state in the next few years,” Ranbaxy Laboratories CEO
and Managing Director Malwinder Singh told reporters here today.
This project would also take on board partners from public sector, he
added. Singh was here to attend a conference on pharmaceutical industry.
On its proposed 80-acre SEZ in Mohali, Singh said that the company
would be producing 10 million tablets in the next two years in the SEZ.
Ranbaxy had already announced to invest Rs 265 crore in this SEZ
project. “We are open to involve other partners in this venture also,”
he said.
Dismissing the claims that the prices of medicine have gone up in the
country, Singh said that the rates of medicines in India are the lowest
in the world.
“It is unfortunate to say that the prices of medicines are high in
the country,” he said.
The Financial Express |
