THE new Operation Theater Complex, Intensive Care Unit, Dialysis Unit and Ward Complex built at the military hospital Narahenpita was declared open this afternoon (10) by Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya during his hospital visit subsequent to formal ceremonies at Army Headquarters in connection with the Army’s 60th Anniversary.
Army Commander, the Chief Guest of the occasion, accompanied by President Seva Vanitha Army Branch Mrs. Manjulika Jayasuriya and a host of senior officers prior to the opening ceremony attended religious observances conducted by Maha Sangha who chanted seth pirith and invoked blessings before Lt. Gen. Jayasuriya unveiled the plaque marking the opening of the new three-storied building.
The new complex consists of three Operation Theaters, an Intensive Care Unit with ten beds, one Dialysis Unit with four beds and a Ward Complex with one hundred and eighty six beds.
The hospital, constructed by the 8th Corps of Engineer Services (CES) of the Sri Lanka Army at a cost of Rs. 200 million, is equipped with medical and other equipment valued over Rs. 150 million which consists of a surgical and an orthopedic unit.
Army Commander later visited soldiers who were injured during humanitarian war and now undergoing treatment in hospital and inquired into their health. He also gave away gift parcels to hospital inmates.
Members of the medical and administration staffs of the hospital, officers and other ranks were present on the occasion.
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