Ceylinco Life donates Dengue treatment facility to LRH
A sophisticated High Dependency & Research Unit exclusively for the
treatment of children afflicted by Dengue, constructed, furnished and
equipped at a cost of Rs 10.5 million has been donated to the Lady
Ridgeway Children’s Hospital (LRH) by Ceylinco Life and a group of
well-wishers.
Top: The new Dengue High Dependency Unit at the LRH. (Bottom)
Ceylinco Life’s Managing Director and CEO R. Renganathan unveils
the plaque in the presence of Dr. Y.D. Nihal Jayathilaka,
Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Dr. Palitha Mahipala,
Director General of Health Services. |
The five-bed unit is located at Ward 1, the Professorial Ward managed
by the Colombo Medical Faculty with a multi-disciplinary panel of
specialist consultants and meets a critical need at the country’s
premier hospital for children.
The donation of this unit is one of several activities connected with
Ceylinco Life’s 25th anniversary, celebrated on 14th January, 2013.
Serving as a specialised ICU for the management of serious cases of
dengue haemorrhagic fever, the new unit is also equipped to be a
teaching unit for outstation hospitals via video conference facilities.
“Being the lead funder and providing leadership for this project has
given us a great deal of satisfaction, particularly, because it will
tangibly help in the battle against Dengue,” Ceylinco Life’s Managing
Director and CEO, R. Renganathan said. “If this unit helps save even one
life, it will be worth it, but we know it will save many, many lives. We
believe that corporate entities can play a bigger role in improving the
quality of healthcare in our country.”
The other contributors to the project were Swiss Re of Switzerland,
Munich Re of Germany, Mr and Mrs Hemaka Amarasuriya along with Dileeka
and Thushan Amarasuriya (in memory of their son and brother Damith
Shamindra Amarasuriya), Mr. And Mrs. Arthur Senanayake along with Annika
and Alexandria Senanayake (in memory of their son and brother Alastair
Yasvanth Senanayake). Ms. Yoko Nonobe and Ceylon Oxygen Ltd.
The new High Dependency Unit of 710 square feet is located behind the
main reception counter of Ward 1 of the hospital. It has five ICU type
beds with bed head panels, oxygen outlets, multiparameter monitors, bed
side cupboards, over bed tables, bystander reclining chairs, medical
equipment stands and nurses stools.
The fully air-conditioned unit is also equipped with seven Infusion
Pumps, seven Syringe Pumps, video conference equipment (five Laptops,
webcams, speakers, microphones and computer stands), three portable
Suction Apparatus units, five Oxygen Flow Meters and an air purifier
unit.
The unit is also equipped with a semi-automated bio chemistry
analyser. This project represents the second commitment by Ceylinco Life
to the Lady Ridgeway Hospital in 2012. Earlier in the year, the company
donated 25 foldable beds, renovated the lighting and electrical system,
installed fans and repaired defective sections of the concrete soffit of
Ward 1 of the hospital. |