President directs to open Renal Care Hospital

The Renal Care Hospital and Research Centre built at Maligawatte Colombo at a cost of Rs. 450 million will be opened before the end of this month for the benefit of kidney patients throughout the country.

This follows a directive issued by President Mahinda Rajapaksa during a discussion held on Monday, said Health Care and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.

Minister de Silva said the President who discussed issues relating to the spread of kidney ailments told him that the Maligawatte hospital and Research Centre should be opened forthwith for the benefit of innocent kidney patients without giving into the demands of certain vested interests in the medical profession.

It was revealed at the talks that the opening of this new facility scheduled for January this year was postponed due to a conflict between the GMOA and the university Professors. President Rajapaksa who intervened to settle this matter ordered that the hospital be opened without delay to help minimise the problems and sufferings of the kidney patients.