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08th September 2021 13:00:59 Hours

Medical Accessories, Gifted to Head, NOCPCO Sent to Jaffna, Peradeniya & Deserving Hospitals in Batticaloa

A stock of medical equipment and other accessories for the use of COVID-19 victims and other patients gifted to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head of the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) by members of the American Sri Lanka Foundation were delivered to the Security Force HQ-Jaffna for distribution to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital.

The stock including 05 Oxygen Concentrators of 10 liters, 40 Rebreather Adult Concentration Oxygen Masks, 10 Filter +1 Tube and 05 Pulse Oximeters was officially handed over to Dr T. Sathiyamoorthy, Director, Jaffna Teaching Hospital on Monday (6) by Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Fernando, Senior Staff Officer in the 521 Brigade, representing Major General Jagath Kodithuwakku, Commander, Security Forces-Jaffna who is also the District Coordinator for COVID - 19 Control and Prevention in Jaffna.

Commanding Officers of 14 Gajaba Regiment and 4 Sri Lanka Medical Corps were also present at the occasion.

Meanwhile, General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff, Commander of the Army and Head, NOCPCO, a stock of medical accessories he received from the American Sri Lanka Foundation in the United States were shared among the most deserving hospitals in Batticaloa under the supervision of the Commander, Security Forces-East, Major General Channa Weerasuriya.

The medical devices, comprised of 10 liter Oxygen Concentrators, Re-breather Concentration Oxygen Masks (adult) and Pulse Oximeters were thus distributed among the Teaching Hospital Batticaloa, Base Hospital Kattankudy, Base Hospital Kalawanchikudy, Base Hospital Valachchenai and Base Hospital Eravur for the benefit of COVID patients.

The equipment were symbolically handed over to the health officials by the Colonel Dilipa Bandara, 231 Brigade Commander and Colonel Wasantha Hewage, 233 Brigade Commander together with few officers.

In the meantime, a similar stock of medical equipment donated to General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army inclusive of 03 Oxygen Concentrators of 10 ltr, 30 Rebreather Adult Concentration Oxygen Masks, 1 Filter +1 Tube two sets and 12 Pulse Oximeters were received by the Security Forces Headquarters Central and they were officially donated to the Peradeniya Teaching Hospital on 6th September 2021.

Accordingly, the medical equipment and other accessories were handed over to Director of Peradeniya Teaching Hospital by Major General Kithsiri Liyanage, General Officer Commanding, 11 Division, along with 111 Brigade Commander and few senior Officers of the 11 Division.