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Mitsubishi VRF convention here

Abans the sole distributor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives for Mitsubishi Electric air-conditioners, will host the Mitsubishi VRF Convention 2010 on February 19 at Galadari Hotel Grand Ballroom. Asian Region Head Shingo Iwase - Head of the Asian Region and Mr. Yutaka Takeda - Manager of Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan - will be in Sri Lanka to grace the occasion together with Abans Group Chairperson Mrs. Aban Pestonjee.

Customers of Abans Group who have had the privilege to experience the VRF new technology and the energy-saving air-conditioners will attend the function and would attest the performance records experienced by them.

Abans Central Air Conditioning and Engineering provides a well-organized maintenance support with round the clock contactibility for Mitsubishi VRF. The engineers involved in the designing, installing and maintaining of Mitsubishi VRF air-conditioners are trained by Mitsubishi at their training facility in Japan. The remarkable feature of Mitsubishi VRF air-conditioner is very low power consumption. Mitsubishi VRF installations have proved that an electricity saving is possible with the use of Inverter Technology, when compared to other conventional air-conditioning systems. A detailed presentation of the technical aspects of Mitsubishi VRF will be made at this convention.

Mitsubishi VRF Convention 2010 will be an ideal opportunity for all the stakeholders of the industry to share their knowledge and experience.

To mark World Glaucoma Day:

Special eye package from Ceylinco

The Ceylinco Diabetes Centre will promote eyecare this February and March to mark World Glaucoma Day on March 12.

The Centre has introduced a special package that includes a diabetes risk assessment, a complete physical examination, random blood sugar (RBS) and fasting blood sugar (FBS) tests, HbA1C test, Retinal/Fundus photography and also a complete eye examination by an eye surgeon including screening for diabetes retinopathy, cataract and glaucoma.

The package is priced at a concessionary rate of Rs 3,000 and will be available to visitors upto March 31, the Centre said.

"All diabetic patients are at risk of developing diabetic retinopathy," Senior Medical Officer of the Centre Dr. Charuky Weerasuriya said.

"Diabetes increases the incidence of blindness to 25 times that of a person without diabetes. Early detection and treatment could reduce the development of severe vision loss or blindness by as much as half." Early signs of damage can be seen by a physician even before the patient notices any change in his or her vision, she said.

She explained that Glaucoma is particularly dangerous because it can harm vision without victims even realizing they are at risk.

About 2 per cent of people over the age of 40 will have some form of Glaucoma and the frequency rises with age, Dr. Charuky Weerasuriya added.

Established six years ago through a collaboration between Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited (CHSL) and the Washington Hospital Centre as a centre of excellence for the treatment and prevention of diabetes, the Ceylinco Diabetes Centre located at Park Street Colombo 2 is a comprehensive stand-alone facility offering access to medical specialists in many fields of medicine associated with complications arising from the disease.

Another CSR initiative by Mobitel

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel helped clean the area surrounding Welikada Prison located in Colombo.

The improper dumping of garbage in this area caused a health hazard and aesthetically damaged the area's liveability due to unsightly muddle of refuse and pungent odours, observing the negative consequences this caused to society, such as the spread of diseases, Mobitel sprang to action to address this issue.

A comprehensive plan was developed to arrest this issue and work towards the betterment of society.

The initial step of the plan was the building a four meter high wall and two bins which will contain the refuse and the spread of odour followed by the placing of mobile trailers to collect solid waste.

Access to these collection points was also critical to the solution and was duly constructed by Mobitel.

A communication channel was then initiated with Colombo Municipal Council to ensure the waste is collected and disposed in a timely and sanitary manner.

Thanking the efforts of Mobitel, Municipal Commissioner Badrani Jayawardena said, "I would like to thank Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel and the Welikada Prison Authorities for the initiative and support shown by them. This endeavour was no minor feat.

It's only through our contributed effort that we were able to make it a success." The plan was carried out with the full support of the Colombo Municipal ouncil and the Welikada Prison authorities.

ODEL Moratuwa customers win vouchers : ODEL recently presented shopping vouchers to five customers who attended the grand opening of its Moratuwa store. The Manager of the new store Sujith Sourjah handed over the vouchers to the winners at a simple ceremony. The winners or their representatives with Sourjah.