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From left: Dr. Lal Panapitiya, Deputy Director Medical Services, Dr. Lakshmi Somathunga, Additional Secretary, Public Health Services, Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya, President, GMOA, Dr. Sunil De Alwis, Additional Secretary, (Medical Services), Dr. Asela Gunewardena – Director General of Health Services, Minister of Health Pavithra Wanniarachchi, State Minister Channa Jayasumana, Kanchana Ratwatte, Chairman, Bank of Ceylon, Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata PLC and Suren Pinto, Chief Executive Officer, Wavenet International (Pvt) Ltd
Supporting the national effort in the fight against COVID-19, Bank of Ceylon, Dialog Axiata PLC and Wavenet International (Pvt) Ltd have partnered to establish the national 1390 COVID-19 Integrated Home-based Care Solution, a consolidated hub combining a digital platform and an outreach centre to better manage the home-based care of PCR positive asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients, for the first time in Sri Lanka.
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Ministry of Health has instructed all Hospital Directors to obtain Intensive Care Units (ICU) and wards reserved for general patients to treat the increasing number of COVID-19 patients, taking into account the spike in cases reported from all districts of the country, a top official at the Health Ministry said.
“All Hospital Directors, Provincial Health Directors and District Directors of Health Services were instructed to prepare the ICUs and wards reserved for general patients to treat COVID-19 cases,” Specialist Dr. Lal Panapitiya, the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health told News 1st on Friday (Apr. 30).
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COLOMBO (News 1st): The Ministry of Health has taken steps to establish new treatment centers for COVID-19 patients, ministry officials said.
Measures are underway to obtain small schools that are currently closed, for emergency use as COVID-19 treatment centres, Dr. Lal Panapitiya, Deputy Director-General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health said on Sunday (Dec. 27).
According to Dr. Lal Panapitiya, medical officers of the relevant provinces are preparing the necessary arrangements for this purpose.
At present, there are nearly 70 such COVID-19 treatment centers established across the island.
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