Funding of medical equipment for Arayampathy Hospital

1. Sri Lanka Medical Projects - Sunday, 1 February 2015
Funding of medical equipment for Arayampathy Hospital
Arayampathy is located within the Manmunai Pattu divisional
secretariat area. This is the district hospital. The hospital is about
10km from Batticoloa Teaching Hospital. At present there are 6 doctors
are working at this district hospital. A population of 32000 people
depend of this hospital for their medical needs. The Out Patient
Department (OPD) and medical, paediatric and obstetrics clinic are
functioning at it’s best with available facilities. The rest of the patients
are usually transferred to Batticoloa Teaching Hospital.
The income distribution of the population of Manmunai Pattu divisional
secretariat area is as below:
45% of the population earns less thn SL Rupees of 500 accoring to the
statistical information provided by the government source 1 . Even
though Batticoloa Teaching Hospital is 10KMs from this district hospital,
the community cannot afford the cost of travel, as such life’s are put at
risk. In addition to this transport between the two regions is lacking.
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http://www.manmunaipattu.ds.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=57&lang=
en

2. Sri Lanka Medical Projects - Sunday, 1 February 2015
Thus there is a huge need for the provision of medical services within
the Arayampathy region.
There has been no major development since the war ended and only three
doctors work at the Arayampathy Hospital. The biggest need at this
neglected hospital is to re-establish the morgue by repairing the
dilapidated morgue and its refrigeration system. They cannot keep any
dead bodies due to lack of cooling system. The bodies are either left to
decay or send to Batticoloa Teaching Hospital if there is any post-mortem
examination. This can cause disease to general public and is an additional
problem to the hospital and environment. Due to unavailability of cooler
the public face enormous difficulties in performing certain formalities and
need to pay more money to preserve the bodies in private funeral parlours.
It has also be highlighted that the access to the Mortuary is difficult, and
long narrow passage with bush and shrubs. It is not easy to transfer the
bodies to morgue because hospital beds cannot go through the passage.
This passage needs a better access as well.
Following medical equipment’s are urgently required and will enable the
doctors to deliver acute and critical care of local patients, and stabilise them
prior to transfer to the main hospital.
We would like to engage a host club in Sri Lanka to identify the suppliers
and provide us with the costing to supply the above medical equipment and
we will keep you informed as we progress.
Equipment Required Quanity
Cardiac bed 2
Multi para monitor 2
Sucker 2
Infusion pump 4
Syringe pump 2
Pulse oxy meter 1
Defibrillator 1
Emergency trolley 1
Oxygen source 1
Transport ventilator 1
Saline stand 1