A supplementary treatment ward for COVID-19 patients was opened at the Kotawila Lebeema Hospital on Thursday (13). The ward can accommodate 50 patients.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna members had initiated the project supported by the Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha.
State Minister Kanchana Wijesekara, Matara District Parliamentarian Nipuna Ranawaka, Weligama PS Chairman Pushpakumara Bettage, Deputy Hospital Director Saanjeewa Amadoru and former Southern Provincial Councillor Aruna Gunarathne participated on the occasion of the official handing over of the ward to the health authorities.The patient beds for the ward had been procured by the Matara and Hambantota Federations of Youth Clubs and Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha under the Bed Producing Project of the National Youth Council.
