Ceylinco Healthcare promotes importance of routine health checks
Tuesday, 3 June 2014 01:03
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Launches ‘Health Screening Month’ for fifth consecutive year
Ceylinco Healthcare Services Ltd. (CHSL) has announced its fifth ‘Health Screening Month’ in June, a program conducted annually by the company to promote the concept of routine health check-ups.
The company has introduced three special packages with reduced prices for health screening including tests and consultation that will be available throughout the month of June in support of the campaign.
The first of these packages comprises of a complete physical examination and tests such as Body Mass Index (BMI), Visual Acuity, Fasting Blood Sugar, Full Blood Count (FBC), Urine Full Report, Lipid Profile, ECG, Blood Group and RH and is priced at Rs. 2,500.
Two other packages with more tests, are priced at Rs. 4,500 and 6,000 and include tests for Liver Profile, Blood Urea, C-reactive protein (CRP), S Creatinine and GFR.
Those who purchase these packages will be provided with an opportunity to discuss the findings in their reports with a medical officer at the Ceylinco Healthcare Centre. The packages can be obtained by scheduling an appointment.
Ceylinco Healthcare Centre Senior Medical Officer Dr. Charuky Weerasuriya said: “The incidence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and heart attacks has increased since people are paying less attention to their health. That is why we want to create awareness on the importance of regular health screening because timely detection is vital to prevent or treat a disease effectively.”
The Ceylinco Healthcare Centre and the Ceylinco Diabetes Centre are ground-breaking projects of Ceylinco Healthcare Services Ltd. (CHSL), a subsidiary of Ceylinco Life, the country’s leading life insurer. They are the most advanced stand-alone private facilities of their kind in Sri Lanka. CHSL also owns and manages the country’s most advanced private radiation treatment unit for the treatment of cancer with Sri Lanka’s first Linear Accelerator (Linac) and the TomoTherapy Centre, the only one of its kind in the country.
