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Dankotuwa Porcelain rewards customers

In celebration of its 25th Anniversary Dankotuwa Porcelain is rewarding its customers, offering a 25% discount on all items purchased from their showrooms located at Kirulapone and Kollupitiya.

This offer will be valid till March 01. This offer is extended to cutlery and glassware too which are now available at their showrooms. Sit down meals are becoming more fashionable in Sri Lanka and our concept has been to have all items required for a well laid table.

“This will be an opportunity for our customers to purchase the full range of products at incredibly low prices” said Dankotuwa Porcelain’s Manager Corporate Communications. So that customers could match and purchase all items that they require. Dankotuwa is looking at introducing table linen and other table adornments shortly.

Dankotuwa Porcelain products are well known as eminent fashion statements that resonate characteristics and personal traits of individual lifestyle. Dankotuwa boasts of having he largest range of shapes and surface designs in Sri Lanka.

Mega offer from Dialog CDMA

Dialog CDMA introduces ‘Mega Blaster’ a revolutionary post-paid package that offers 1,800 minutes of free outgoing calls within the network every month. This is the first such offer by a fixed operator in Sri Lanka, making Dialog CDMA the most economical option in this market segment.

In addition to the free outgoing minutes, Mega Blaster offers outgoing calls to any other network at just Rs. 2 per minute at any time of the day. Also, all calls are billed on a per second basis, guaranteeing customers the lowest rates anytime, anywhere.

“Dialog CDMA has revolutionised Sri Lanka’s fixed-line industry by offering the best in coverage and affordability to customers,” said Mr. Kavan Ratnayaka, Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Fixed Telephony & Broadband Services.

“With 1,800 minutes of free outgoing within the network and unbeatable call rates, Mega Blaster will set the tone in the fixed market. Our goal is to reach out to all segments of society by introducing packages that are both affordable and accessible.

This is the success story of Dialog and why it’s become a household name today” Ratnayaka added.

Existing Dialog CDMA customers could subscribe to the Mega Blaster package by simply paying a transfer fee of Rs. 1,000. The package entails a monthly rental of Rs. 300. Dialog CDMA offers a number of value-added services including call conferencing, call transfer, fax, internet, SMS and voice mail.

Hemas symposium concludes

The Hemas Hospital, Wattala recently conducted a symposium in collaboration with the College of General Practitioners in Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Nurses’ Association on “Patient Safety and Safety in Nursing Care”.

Chief Guest was Secretary of the Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition, Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage while Prof. Isabelle Ellis from the Centre of Universities on Rural Health in Australia delivered the keynote address to more than 200 senior and administrative level nurses from both the public and private sector who participated in this event.

Also present on the occasion were Dr. Preethi Wijegoonawardene, President, World Association of Family Doctors (South East Asian Region), Dr. Eugene Corea, College of General Practitioners, Dr. Ruvini Abeygunaratne, Specialist Registrar in Neuro Surgery, Hemamala Vithanarachchi, President, Sri Lanka Nurses Association, Chandra Wijenayake, Matron, Durdans Hospital and Christene Perera of ‘Patients for Patients’.

Secretary of the Ministry of Health Care and Nutrition Dr. Athula Kahandaliyanage said he was pleased to see that Hemas Hospital had taken the initiative to bring international best practices in nursing to the Sri Lankan nursing community.

“This symposium is a fine example of Public-Private sector partnership which is a key principle of the Government of Sri Lanka.

“The private sector contribution to enhancing health care in Sri Lanka will be encouraged while more knowledge sharing opportunities of this nature should be created by both sectors”.

Prof. Isabelle Ellis said “Sri Lanka has achieved wonderful results in primary healthcare and has a great potential for further development. Patient Safety should be the fundamental basis of nursing care.

The challenge is to create such a culture among healthcare workers in hospitals.” She added that she was pleased to assist in the initiatives taken by Hemas Hospital, Wattala to establish several international best practices in nursing in its new healthcare facility.

Director, Medical Services of Hemas Hospitals Dr. Aruna Rabel said that Hemas Hospitals was committed to upgrade the standards in patient care, particularly nursing, in Sri Lanka. We are very pleased to be a partner of this program and will continue to conduct educational programs of this nature in the future as well.”