The Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran
Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran raised the lack of an ambulance at Alampil Peripheral Hospital, noting that patient transfers depend on ambulances from Kokkilai and Sampathnuwara/Weli Oya hospitals located 22 km and 35 km away. He requested the Minister of Health to ensure an ambulance is provided, referring to prior assurances from the Minister and copies of his requests sent to the Prime Minister and the District Development Committee Chair, to improve health services in Mullaitivu District.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude in one minute.
¶ 02 The Alampil Peripheral Hospital is operating without an ambulance. It is about 20 km from Mullaitivu. Patient transfer services there are dependent on the ambulances of other facilities: Kokkilai Peripheral Hospital, 22 km away, and Sampathnuwara (Weli Oya) Peripheral Hospital, 35 km away. Please, the Hon. Minister of Health should take note and definitely fulfill this need. I am not saying he will not do it; when I spoke directly with the Hon. Minister of Health, he assured me he would attend to it. Copies of my requests have also been given to the Hon. Prime Minister and to the Chair of our District Development Committee, the Hon. State Minister of Cooperative Development, Upali Samarasinghe. Please provide this assistance and help improve the health services of Mullaitivu District. Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. Thurairasa Ravikaran. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 February 2025. No. 1740219460090985. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/97