Lanka Hospitals tops healthcare sector in LMD’s Most Awarded Entities

Lanka Hospitals, the internationally accredited multiple award-winning healthcare provider, topped the healthcare sector in the Most Awarded list compiled by LMD magazine for 2019/20 season. 

Designed to rank the most awarded entities in Sri Lanka LMD has conducted this research, the first of its kind in the island, involving 204 corporate entities based on the cumulative tallies of awards received from 52 awarding bodies between January 2019 to September 2020. Having received a total of five awards and secured the overall rank of 67 Lanka Hospitals came first in the healthcare sector. 

According to Lanka Hospitals Group CEO Deepthi Lokuarachchi, there are three factors contributing to Lanka Hospitals’ award winning process; unwavering commitment to quality, service standard in healthcare and the accreditation of Joint Commission International (JCI). 

“Our stringent standards for quality have earned accolades and accreditations from numerous national and international agencies. Lanka Hospitals has been in the forefront of healthcare providers since 2009 and, particularly, between 2019 and 2020 we were able to win seven national and international awards including one for environmental management systems. As a result of superior facilities, customer care and quality of service Lanka Hospitals offers, a growth was experienced in terms of medical tourists during the Covid-19 pandemic even though in bound international population was restricted. JCI is a US based accreditation agency rates healthcare services based on several criteria related to medical as well as non-medical services.

“I must appreciate the wholehearted dedication of our staff whose contribution was pivotal in all these achievements. When we receive awards, it enhances the morale of our staff, as they understand that they are associated with an entity that is committed to service and adherence to the highest level of standards.” 

In terms of corporate responsibility Lanka Hospitals focuses on skills development, medical care and donations. Every year Lanka Hospitals’ nursing school enrolls batches from outside the Western Province and upon the successful completion of the course they are offered employment. 

Lanka Hospitals is the first hospital in Sri Lanka to be awarded with some of the most prestigious accreditations in the world for its healthcare service standards including the Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation sixth edition and the world-respected Medical Tourism Certification from the Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA). Furthermore, Lanka Hospitals Diagnostics (LHD) is the only Sri Lankan laboratory to be accredited by the prestigious laboratory accreditation body, the College of American Pathologists (CAP).