Nawaloka, a hospital of the people - President
Rohan Mathes
The state-of-the art, Rupees 1.5 billion, new hospital complex of
Nawaloka Hospitals, was commissioned at its premises yesterday.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing the opening ceremony via
satellite from Temple Trees, lauded the multi-faceted services rendered
by the Nawaloka Hospitals in the provision of quality healthcare to the
nation. Though it is a private hospital, he said, it has offered an
array of people-oriented relief services, to the extent that it is now,
recognised and identified as a hospital of the people.
He said that he was extremely proud of and delighted that Nawaloka
Group of Companies had from its inception grown steadily from strength
to strength in many spheres and transformed itself to be a great asset
to the country..
The new complex of the Nawaloka hospital was opened by Chief
Justice Sarth N. Silva. A document on Government approved
private hospital was handed over to Nawaloka Group Chairman
Deshamanya H.K. Dharmadasa by Health and Nutrition Minister
Nimal Siripala de Silva. Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva
Western Province Governor Alavi Mowlana and Parliament
Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara are looking on.
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Health and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva underscored the
role played by the Nawaloka Hospitals, in stemming the unwarranted
‘Brain Drain’ of qualified, indigenous medical personnel, in seeking
greener pastures overseas.
He pointed out that as envisioned in the Mahinda Chintanaya, the
Government consistently sought to work closely with the private sector,
inclusive of the health sector. In this backdrop, Nawaloka Hospitals
rendered a yeoman service to the people.
“Nawaloka Hospitals have offered the people a choice in health care.
We envisage a further expansion in the private health sector to make it
more competitive and less authoritative in the future”, the Minister
added.
Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva said the Nawaloka Group of Companies
under the leadership of Deshamanya H.K. Dharmadsa, worked in full
compliance to the concept of Social Corporate Responsibility (SCR).
Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara pointed out that the services of the
Nawaloka Hospitals eased the burden laid on the Government in the
provision of healthcare.
With this expansion of another 80,000 square feet, Nawaloka
Hospitals, a pioneer in the private healthcare sector , would now have a
total floor area of 300,000 square feet, thus making it the single
largest private hospital complex.
The new complex is tailor-made to provide qualitatively better and
value-added facilities to their patients, with eight floors, each having
a floor area of 10,000 square feet.
One floor area is to be dedicated to channelling/consultations, with
the specialty areas being segregated to enable consultants specialising
in one particular field of medicine, to be together.
The new complex will house amid other facilities, a well equipped
emergency treatment unit, an OPD laboratory, pharmacy, consultation
rooms, cafe, ATMs, a maternity department complete with surgical
theatre, delivery room as well as private delivery rooms and an Out
Bound Unit for patients with post pregnancy defects, a neo natal unit, a
Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) with the latest facilities, a Sleep
lab (a snoring monitoring facility, dialysis unit, isolation room, 14
ultra modern surgical theatres, a modern fertile centre, Nephrology
unit, as well as a series of villas and suites to cater to the more
fastidious patients.
The two operating theatres are to be dedicated for the needs of ‘Out
Patients’, while another two would be dedicated for Obstetrics and
Gynaecology.
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