The Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa

Jathika Jana balawegaya· Kalutara· 10 April 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Questions: Primary Health Care and School Infrastructure Projects

Healthcare

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Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa provided a written answer detailing Sri Lanka’s 1,208 government health institutions by category, including the distribution in Matara District. He stated that 18 Primary Medical Care Units in Matara received Emergency Treatment Unit provisions under the World Bank-supported PSSP from 2019 to 2024, with 17 now functioning as ETUs, while Thihagoda PMCU provides only limited services due to operating from a rented building. He added that remaining facility and equipment gaps would be addressed through the forthcoming World Bank PHSEP project, and that Thihagoda PMCU would be relocated to government premises.

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¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, the answer is as follows.

¶ 02 (a) (i) 1208. (ii) - National Hospitals — 03 - Teaching Hospitals — 17 - Specialized Hospitals — 14 - Hospitals managed under Boards — 02 - District General Hospitals — 20 - Base Hospitals A — 35 - Base Hospitals B — 45 - Divisional Hospitals A — 67 - Divisional Hospitals B — 148 - Divisional Hospitals C — 277 - Primary Medical Care Units — 580 Total — 1208

¶ 03 (iii) Matara District: - District General Hospital — 01 - Base Hospital A — 01 - Base Hospital B — 01 - Divisional Hospital A — 03 - Divisional Hospital B — 06 - Divisional Hospital C — 07 - Primary Medical Care Units — 18

¶ 04 (b) (i) 18. (ii) For all 18 PMCU sites, basic ETU services were provisioned by purchasing ECG machines, nebulizers, suction machines, ETU beds, multi-monitors, oxygen concentrators, regulators, and spinal boards; additionally, laryngoscopes, infusion pumps, drug trolleys, patient trolleys, and wheelchairs were purchased for some centres. In some locations, on-site facilities were upgraded; where not possible, new rooms were built. However, at Thihagoda PMCU, which operates in a rented house, a new ETU room cannot currently be built or the existing unit adequately upgraded.

¶ 05 The Primary Health Care System Strengthening Project (PSSP) under World Bank support provided required basic provisions. That project has now concluded.

¶ 06 (iii) The PSSP operated from 2019 to 2024; funds for PMCU upgrades were allocated in 2022 and 2023.

¶ 07 (iv) Line Ministers during the relevant periods: - Prof. Channa Jayasumana — 16.08.2021–07.04.2022; 18.04.2022–09.05.2022 - Keheliya Rambukwella — 20.05.2022–20.07.2022 - Dr. Ramesh Pathirana — 24.10.2023–23.09.2024

¶ 08 (v) Of the 18 PMCU, 17 are currently functioning as ETUs. Thihagoda PMCU alone, due to being in a rented building, does not operate a full ETU; only limited services such as nebulization are provided.

¶ 09 (vi) Through the upcoming World Bank PHSEP project, remaining facility and equipment gaps at PMCU will be addressed. Thihagoda PMCU will be relocated to a government premises in due course.

¶ 10 (c) Does not arise.

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Source: Hansard, Thursday, 10 April 2025 ·No. 1747999742032122 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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