Sri Lanka Insurance staff donates PCR machine to Teaching Hospital Ratnapura

SLIC Chairman Jagath Wellawatta hands over the PCR machine to Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi. From left: Ratnapura Teaching Hospital Director Dr. Anuj Rodrigo, State Minister Janaka Wakkumbura, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Minister of Health Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi, SLIC Chairman Jagath Wellawatta, SLIC CEO Chandana L. Aluthgama, SLIC CIO Aloka Jayawardene

Sri Lanka Insurance staff members join hands to contribute towards the effort to donate an essential PCR machine to the Teaching Hospital Ratnapura.

Teaching Hospital Ratnapura is the largest tertiary care hospital in Sabaragamuwa Province administered under the purview of the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine. It provides specialised healthcare services mainly to the Sabaragamuwa Province, which consists of Ratnapura and Kegalle Districts covering a population of 2,009,000 in an extent of 4,968 km2 area. People coming from other provinces such as Uva, Southern and Eastern seek specialised medical care from the hospital.

Understanding the essential requirement of a PCR machine to conduct regular PCR tests in the hospital, staff members of SLIC volunteered to contribute a one-day salary to purchase the machine worth of Rs. 5,000,000 approximately. This is yet another initiative of Sri Lanka Insurance to support the mission of battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka by reinforcing the state health care sector with necessary equipment.

The much-needed machine was donated to the Teaching Hospital Ratnapura on 30 March. Minister of Health Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi, State Minister Janaka Wakkumbura, Governor of Sabaragamuw Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, management and staff members of SLIC, management and staff members of Teaching Hospital Ratnapura, were present at the occasion.