The Hon. Muhammad Faizal
Hon. Muhammad Faizal stated that Puttalam Base Hospital, serving several surrounding areas in the Puttalam District, had long required upgrading despite previous unfulfilled political promises. He said the National People’s Power Government has fulfilled the President’s election pledge by upgrading it to a District General Hospital under the Central Government, and thanked the President and Minister of Health on behalf of local communities.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. Assalamu Alaikum! Ayubowan! Vanakkam!
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, in any country, education and health are paramount to people’s lives. In our Puttalam District, the Puttalam Base Hospital serves surrounding areas—Karaitivu, Kalpitiya, Vanathavilluwa, Karuwalagaswewa, Anamaduwa, Mundalama, Arachchikattuwa and more. There long was a need to upgrade it. Past governments and powerful Cabinet Ministers sought votes promising an upgrade but failed to deliver.
¶ 03 Our National People’s Power Government has now done it. The President pledged during the elections to upgrade Puttalam Base Hospital, and today that promise has been honored: the Base Hospital has been upgraded to a District General Hospital under the Central Government. On behalf of all communities in Puttalam, I thank the President. I also thank the Hon. Minister of Health for the dedicated effort. Today, the NPP Government has safeguarded the people’s trust and fulfilled their expectations.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 4 March 2026 ·No. 23360 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Muhammad Faizal. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2026. No. 23360. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13482