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Uhana Central Dispensara, Ampara.
The Uhana Central Dispensary located 15
kilometres north west of Ampara, was one
of the few medical facilities to remain
functioning in the area after the
tsunami struck. As well as
rehabilitating the original dispensary
the German Red Cross constructed an
additional building which will now be
able to provide emergency care and
specialized medical assistance which
means that local people will no longer
need to travel to the main hospital in
Ampara for outpatient care.
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IFRC (p-LKA0383)
Balapitiya Base Hospital, Galle.
The expansion and refurbishment of
Balapitiya Base Hospital in western
Galle has been carried out with funding
from the Cyprus Red Cross Society. With
inadequate ward space, no intensive care
unit and only one operating theatre, the
hospital was badly in need of
improvement. The IFRC designed and
constructed a new three-storey building
to accommodate an operating theatre, an
intensive care unit with six beds and a
male and female surgical ward with 40
beds each. A new outpatients department
has also been built.
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IFRC (p-LKA0382)
Bentota Government Hospital
This hospital, also known as the
Gunesekara Memorial Hospital, provides
medical care to a local population of
about 200,000 and 10,000 tourists each
year. With funding from the Canadian Red
Cross a two-storey building complex has
been constructed which houses the
outpatients department, laboratories and
administrative department. Renovations
of doctors’ and nurses’ quarters have
also been carried out.
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IFRC (p-LKA0380)
Kantale Base Hospital, Trincomalee.
The Japanese Red Cross has upgraded
living conditions for medical staff
working at Kantale Hospital. Three new
accommodation blocks have been built –
suitable for 72 doctors, nurses and
paramedic staff as well as for their
families. The Japanese Red Cross has
also contributed a considerable amount
of new life-saving medical equipment to
the hospital, including X-ray and
ultrasound machines, defibrillators and
ventilators.
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IFRC (p-LKA0386)
Nurse Training school, Ampara.
The Norwegian and Danish Red Cross have
constructed a brand new training college
for nurses in Ampara town. Set within
the grounds of Ampara Hospital, the
school consists of an academic block
with classrooms, a 300 seat auditorium,
a separate administration block, a
canteen and recreation area as well as
five accomodation blocks.
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IFRC (p-LKA0379)
Kamburupitiya Base Hospital, Matara.
Although located 15 kilometres away from
the coast, thousands of injured people
were referred to Kamburupitiya Base
Hospital – the only secondary hospital
in Matara district. The French Red Cross
has upgraded the hospital which now
boasts a new five-storey wing, a new out-
patients department, on-call rooms for
doctors, a four-bed emergency treatment
unit, a new dental clinic, male and
female wards, storage facilities, a
garage for ambulances, a dispensary and
a pharmacy.
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Balapitiya Base Hospital, Galle.
Under its post-tsunami health
infrastructure development programme the
Red Cross Red Crescent is working with
the Sri Lankan health ministry to
improve and strengthen the quality of
patient care services for local
communities. The programme aims to
reconstruct or renovate 77 hospitals,
clinics and dispensaries located across
16 districts. Brand new medical
equipment is also being provided to most
of these facilities, all of which were
either directly or indirectly affected
by the tsunami.
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