Lanka Hospitals wins 6 awards for quality and productivity at NCQP 2017

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Lanka Hospitals PLC won high acclaim at the National Convention on Quality and Productivity (NCQP) 2017, winning six awards in total. This prestigious recognition demonstrated the hospital’s outstanding capability of consistently delivering the highest quality healthcare services in line with international medical standards.

The awards include the Gold Award for Quality Circle which the General Operating Theatre team proudly retained for the third consecutive time and the Gold Award – Kaizen Suggestion won by the Engineering Department. The hospital’s Breast Feeding Unit won the Silver Award on the Continuous Improvement Project category while the Gastro-enterology Centre won the Bronze Award in the same category. Lanka Hospital’s won two other Bronze Awards, namely: the Quality Circle Bronze Award won by the Nursing School and the Poster Competition Bronze Award won by a Staff Nurse, CTOT.

The National Convention on Quality and Productivity (NCQP) 2017 was organised by The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP) on 14 June at the Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo 7.The event focused on promoting Quality and Productivity among the Sri Lankan Organisations and selecting teams from companies to represent Sri Lanka at the next International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) – 2017, to be held in Philippines. President Maithripala Sirisena was the Chief Guest at the event.

Gold Award – Quality Circle – General Operating Theatre (This team wins an award for the 3rd consecutive year)

Gold Award – Kaizen Suggestion – Engineering Department

Silver Award – Continuous Improvement Project – Breast Feeding Unit

Bronze Award – Quality Circle – Nursing School, Lanka hospitals

Bronze Award – Continuous Improvement Project – Gastro-enterology Centre

Bronze Award – Poster Competition – Staff Nurse, CTOT