Siribopura gets Ayurvedic hospital

Raja Waidyasekera - Tissamaharama special corr

This is the second Ayurveda Research Hospital in Sri Lanka, said Minister of Indigenous Medicines Tissa Karaliyadda, when he opened the Ayurveda Research Hospital at Siribopura Hambantota recently.

The Ayurveda system of medicine got the stepmotherly treatment from successive governments in the past.

It was the UPFA regime that focussed its attention on the Ayurveda system of medicines and gave its due place. This research hospital will be developed in three stages.

This will be converted to a fully fledged Ayurveda Research Hospital. Nurses will be enrolled for the Ayurvedic Research Hospital. The trainee nurses will be given appointments after being trained for a period of three years. 3500 applications have been already received from trainee nurses but only 50 will be selected for training at the initial stage.

The former Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation Chamal Rajapaksa said that it was late D.A. Rajapaksa who opened the Beliatta Ayurveda Hospital. It will be developed extensively.