News Line

    Go to Home Back
Email this to a friend
Printable version
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 5.35 GMT
Emergency medical services launched in Jaffna

 
An emergency ambulance services and communications centre funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was opened on Wednesday (February 18).

The event also marked the expansion of the emergency access phone system to the entire Jaffna District. Previously it was available only in Colombo, Kandy and Galle.

The project in Jaffna is an extension of the national 1-1-0 emergency services program by the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition and the Ministry of Local Government and Provincial Councils to enhance access to emergency medical services in Sri Lanka. In addition to government resources, the project was funded by a $200,000 grant from the USAID.

While the 1-1-0 hotline is only available in select areas, it is hoped that the project will expand to provide emergency care to all Sri Lankans island wide.

 
 
   
   
   
   

top

   

Contact Information: Send mail to priu@presidentsoffice.lk with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: July 22, 2009.

Copyright © 2008 Policy Research & Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.