Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa - Deputy Minister of Health and Mass Media
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayatissa responded on facilities at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital, stating that an MRI machine will be supplied this year through an ADB-funded tender process and that the CT scanner has already been upgraded. He said a cath lab will be installed once construction of the Cardiology Unit is completed in about five months, and noted that the hospital’s LINAC had been upgraded under Phase I of the national project.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I wish to respond to Hon. Ileyanambi Srinath regarding Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
¶ 02 - MRI machine: It will be provided this year; the tender process is at the final stage under an Asian Development Bank project. - CT scanner: It has been upgraded and functions at the latest standard. - Cath lab: We will provide a cath lab, but the Cardiology Unit construction is still ongoing. We expect to finish within about five months, after which we can install the cath lab immediately. - LINAC: Batticaloa Teaching Hospital was in Phase I of the national LINAC upgrading project and has been upgraded accordingly.
¶ 03 Thus, on CT, MRI, LINAC, and the cath lab, we have provided substantial solutions for Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
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