Ceylinco Healthcare slashes health screening in June

Ceylinco Healthcare Services Limited (CHSL) will slash the cost of general health screening by nearly 60 per cent this June, to promote the concept of periodic health checks as a routine.

Announcing the initiative, the company said it will offer eight tests, two consultations with a doctor -- one before and the other after undergoing tests -- as well as a complete physical examination, for just Rs 990 during the month.

The unmatchable offer is part of CHSL’s activities to mark its annual ‘Health Screening Month’ programme, conducted every June for the past four years.

This special package includes Consultation with an in-house Medical Officer, complete physical examination, tests such as Body Mass Index (BMI), Visual Acuity, Blood Pressure, Refraction, Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS), Total Cholesterol, Full Blood Count (FBC), Urine Full Report (UFR) and a discussion of the test reports with a Medical Officer.

The regular cost of this package is Rs 2,400 making the saving offered by CHSL in June a whopping 59 per cent.

“The increasing prevalence non communicable diseases such as Diabetes, Hypertension and Cancer, which carry a huge economic and social cost, make regular health checks imperative,” said Dr. Shyama Fernando, Senior Medical Officer at the Ceylinco Healthcare Centre. “Unhealthy life styles are resulting in more and more adults as well as young people being afflicted with illnesses that can be better managed if they are detected early. That is why this programme is of immense value to the public.”

She said the package would be particularly attractive to corporate entities that would like to have their employees screened.