Hon. Nalinda Jayatissa - Minister of Health and Mass Media
The Minister of Health and Mass Media answered Question No. 5 regarding donated medical equipment at Polonnaruwa General Hospital and Welikanda Base Hospital, tabling detailed annexes with inventories and records. He stated that some equipment donated to Polonnaruwa General Hospital had been issued to other hospitals, including the National Nephrology Specialized Hospital in Polonnaruwa and Base Hospital Thambuttegama, while equipment donated to Welikanda Base Hospital had not been issued elsewhere. He also identified the relevant Medical Directors during the period as Dr. Sampath Indika Kumara for Polonnaruwa General Hospital and Dr. T. Shashikumar for Welikanda Base Hospital.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the answer to Question No. 5 is as follows.
¶ 02 (a) (1) Yes.
¶ 03 (ii) Details for Polonnaruwa General Hospital are in Annex 01 and for Welikanda Base Hospital in Annex 02. These are lengthy; I will not read them. I table Annexes 01 and 02.
¶ 04 (iii) Yes.
¶ 05 (iv) Details are in Annex 01 (Polonnaruwa) and Annex 02 (Welikanda).
¶ 06 (v) Yes.
¶ 07 (vi) Details including inventory numbers are in Annex 01 (Polonnaruwa) and Annex 02 (Welikanda). Equipment donated to Polonnaruwa General Hospital have been issued to other hospitals as well, but those donated to Welikanda Base Hospital have not been issued elsewhere.
¶ 08 (b) (i) From Polonnaruwa General Hospital donations, the following were given to other hospitals:
¶ 09 - National Nephrology Specialized Hospital, Polonnaruwa: - Hand-held Pulse Oximeter – 02 - Pulse Oximeter – 01 - Syringe Pump – 04 - Infusion Pump – 02 - Ventilator – 01 - High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy System – 01 - Base Hospital, Thambuttegama: - C-PAP Machine – 03
¶ 10 (ii) No.
¶ 11 (iii) Does not arise.
¶ 12 (iv) Does not arise.
¶ 13 (v) Medical Directors during the period: - Polonnaruwa General Hospital: Consultant Physician Dr. Sampath Indika Kumara - Welikanda Base Hospital: Dr. T. Shashikumar
¶ 14 (c) Does not arise.
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