Japan helps upgrade A'pura hospital

Ishara JAYAWARDANE

Japan funded 2,193 million Japanese Yen to upgrade the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital. The project started in 2008 and was completed in 2010.

"The Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital is the only tertiary care hospital in the North Central Province. It offers healthcare services to over two million people said a spokesperson from the Japanese Embassy.

The hospital had been congested with a high outpatient rate and an occupancy rate.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency at the request of the Sri Lankan government provided the hospital with a new three-storeyed building and medical equipment. The building includes an outpatient department, a paediatric intensive care unit, an obstetric and gynaecology theatre, a pharmacy, a laboratory and clinic rooms.