The Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen
Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen urged the Government to secure foreign funding or a special allocation of Rs. 17 billion to develop and upgrade the hospital into a District General Hospital within one or two years. He said the facility serves about 100,000 displaced people and patients from areas including Aanaimadu, Karuwalagaswewa, and Kalpitiya, and requested an indication of the expected timeline for the upgrade.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude in 30 seconds.
¶ 02 They have estimated Rs. 17 billion. Through foreign funding or a special allocation, within one or two years, please develop it and upgrade it to a District General Hospital—that is the only way to save it. One hundred thousand displaced people still live there; from Aanaimadu to Karuwalagaswewa and Kalpitiya, many come for treatment. Kindly consider this and, if possible, say how long it will take. Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 November 2025. No. 22972. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/22943