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Nawaloka, a hospital of the people - President

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.
Picture by Sudath Malaweera

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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