China will build a specialized hospital in Sri Lanka to treat the patients with the mysterious kidney disease that is striking mainly rice farmers in Sri Lanka’s north central region.
The two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build a hospital for kidney patients under a donation of the government of China at a request of the Sri Lankan President.
The agreement to build the National Nephrology Hospital in Polonnaruwa signed Tuesday (6th June) at the Presidential Secretariat, in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Janaka Sri Chandraguptha signed for the Government of Sri Lanka while the Economic and Commerce Advisor of the Chinese Embassy Yang Zuoyuan signed for the Chinese government.
The Chinese government’s donation for the kidney hospital is a result of the discussions held between President Sirisena and Chinese President Xi Jinping during President Sirisena’s official visit to China in 2015.
The Government Information Department said the kidney hospital will consist of 200 beds, 100 blood infiltration machines and modern surgery complex. The hospital, which will be built at a cost of Rs. 12 billion, also will be a national level hospital with kidney transplant facilities.
The President will lay the foundation stone for this hospital next month.
Courtesy: Colombo Page
