The Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna
Hon. Rohini Kumari Wijerathna urged the Government to prioritize upgrading Laggala Hospital to a Type A Base Hospital, noting that approvals had been pending and residents of the large Laggala DSD often travel over 100 kilometres for treatment. She specifically requested improved ambulance facilities for the hospital. She also thanked the authorities for regularizing Dengue Task Force staff after more than nine years of service, citing the risk of dengue increasing with the rains.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 On Laggala Hospital, requests to upgrade it have been pending for years. Some approvals were granted to elevate it to a Type A Base Hospital. The Laggala DSD covers a vast area; patients often travel over 100 km to Dambulla, Mahiyanganaya, Badulla, or Matale. I urge you to focus on upgrading Laggala Hospital and providing ambulance facilities.
¶ 02 Secondly, I thank you for regularizing the Dengue Task Force staff after over nine years of service—critical as dengue may surge again with rains.
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Cite as: The Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 June 2025. No. 1751280704002343. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6760