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The
French
Government
is to
donate
Rs.1,
600
million
to
upgrade
hospitals
in Sri
Lanka.
The
Agreements
of this
project
was
signed
recently
at the
Health
Ministry
premises.
Under
this
donation,
Karapitiya
and
Jaffna
Teaching
Hospitals
will
receive
two
Angiography
machines
for the
Cardiology
units.
Two
Surgical
Units
for
Cardio
treatment
will
also be
established
in
Karapitiya
and
Colombo
South
Teaching
Hospitals.
According
to the
agreement,
two
Module
Surgical
Units
for
Nephrology
will be
established
in
Anuradhapura
Teaching
Hospital,
while a
C.T.
Scanner
machine
will be
donated
to
Jaffna
Teaching
Hospital.
In
addition,
20
Oxygen
filling
tanks
will be
established
in
Jaffna,
Point
Pedro,
Mannar,
Vavuniya,
Akkaraipaththu,
Mahaoya,
Kalmunai,
Trincomalee,
Kantale
and
Moneragala
Hospitals.
Other
20
Defibrillator
machines
will be
provided
to
another
20
hospitals.
Meanwhile,
the
Healthcare
and
Nutrition
Ministry
has
decided
to name
2010 as
the year
for the
development
of
infrastructure
facilities
of
General
Hospitals
and
Provincial
Council
Hospitals.
The
Government
will
spend
Rs.2000
million
and will
provide
technological
medical
equipment
to the
hospitals
in the
country.
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