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JAICA funding for Warakapola hospital

Measures have been taken to develop the Warakapola Base hospital from the funds of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a spokesman for the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council said.

JAICA will provide Rs 708 million for this. According to Hospital Director Dr Upul Wijenayake, the funds will be provided in the form of a concessionary loan.

Around 15,000 patients were provided with medical treatment while around 168,000 patients visited the Out Patients' Department of the Warakapola Base hospital last year. The Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council has invested around Rs 12 million in the recent past to develop the maternity division, blood bank, x-ray facilities and operation theatre attached to the maternity division.

Two specialists and 26 doctors with 49 nursers are on duty at the hospital.

Since a large number of road accidents are reported on the Colombo-Kandy road close to the Warakapola Base hospital, its importance cannot be underestimated. Around 2,000 patients out of 6,800 admitted to the Warakapola hospital accident ward last year were victims of road accidents.

Following a request by former Sabaragamuwa Chief Minister Mahipala Herath, the Warakapola Base Hospital too was included in the JICA programme. The hospital will be developed in four stages. Four wards each with 48 beds, three operation theaters, an out patients' department,emergency treatment unit, sewerage system, solid garbage management system and officers quarters for 12 specialists, 20 doctors, 50 nurses and 50 workers will be constructed under the Warakapola Base Hosipital redevelopment programe.

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