Hemas Hospitals Thalawathugoda welcomes their first baby
Thursday, 25 July 2013 01:12
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Hemas Hospital Thalawathugoda welcomed its first baby last week. The daughter of Praboddya and Tharaka Abeysinghe, baby Abeysinghe was delivered shortly after 8 p.m. and weighed 3.2 kilograms at birth. The caesarean operation was performed by Dr. Dhammike Silva, consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Colombo South Teaching Hospital and visiting consultant, Hemas Hospitals Thalawathugoda.
General Manager, Dr. Chamila Ariyananda welcomed the first baby with a gift pack. Baby Abeysinghe was delivered under the hospital’s ‘Mathru’ package, which means ‘maternity’ in Sinhala. The package offers a fixed charge for childbirth, be it a caesarean or normal delivery for which the hospital charges are all bundled in one cost and which is made known to the patient at the outset. In addition, the ‘Mathru’ package offers a discount on vaccinations and medical investigations on the child for 10 years plus a host of other benefits like ante-natal classes for the mother among others.
“The birth of our hospital’s first baby is very exciting for us,” said an upbeat Dr. Ariyananda. “Hemas Hospitals has outstanding maternity facilities, done in consultation with clinical experts and we are overwhelmed with the response we have had so far.” The maternity facilities at Hemas Hospital, Thalawathugoda span two well-equipped operating theatres, two private labour suites that are totally independent of each other in equipment and facilities and a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Nursing staff are well experienced in midwifery with specialist training in theatre and medical surgical skills. Maternity care nursing staff are specially trained in psychological rehabilitation to cope with post-partum symptoms, that sometimes occur in patients.
The Hemas Hospitals multi-chain, operating in Wattala, Galle and now at Thalawathugoda is the first in Sri Lanka to become internationally accredited. Hemas Hospitals group Chief Operating Officer, Panjan Navaratnam said that the accreditation ensures delivery of safe, high quality healthcare services, considering every aspect of the healthcare facility and bases its assessment on not only the standards set but on the processes within the hospital. Navaratnam explained that the survey spans clinical, support and corporate functions and includes criteria such as continuity of care, access, appropriateness, information technology and transparency in management, all conforming to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards.
Hemas Hospitals Thalawathugoda is a 60 bed full capacity, high tech hospital with the capability to treat 150,000 patients a year. The hospital has its own nurses training centre, located close by and with a combination of a compassionate approach and innovation, creates outstanding patient experience.
Hemas Hospitals is a subsidiary of Hemas Holdings, one of Sri Lanka’s leading conglomerates with a focus on five key sectors of FMCG, healthcare, transportation, leisure and power generation.
