More facilities at Vavuniya general hospital

Dharma Sri Abeyratne

The Vavuniya general hospital is well equipped to treat any patient without having to transfer them to another hospital, Vavuniya General Hospital sources said.

A State of the Art general hospital has been constructed at Vavuniya by the government investing millions in public funds and with the assistance of several private institutions, fulfilling a long felt need in the district.

The Vavuniya hospital now consists of various units, available in other major hospitals, such as medical, surgical, paediatric, blood bank, operation theatre, psychiatric, X-ray unit, laboratory, gynaecology, EU, ICU, SCBU, ENT, EYE and mortuary. Besides many clinical facilities are available at the hospital including, medical, ante-natal, baby, family planning, dental, surgical,diabetic, rheumatic, eye, ENT, STD, psychiatric, orthopaedic and so on.

A specialized orthopaedic surgery unit was designed and built by the Medicines Sans Frontiers of Holland at a cost of Rs 23 million.

The hospital wards have been reconstructed adding more beds and facilities. Under the ward reconstruction programme, the Elective reconstructed Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation ward was opened by Northern Province Governor GA Chandrasiri.

This ward was reconstructed at a cost of Rs eight million.