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SLN produces ultra-purified water for dialysis
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The UPW plant
An Ultra-Purified Water (UPW) plant produced by the Sri Lanka Navy’s (SLN) Research and Development (R&D) Unit was installed at the Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Unit of the Kandy Teaching Hospital on Friday, the SLN said. The facility can produce 10 tons of UPW per day, required for the dialysis process.
The SLN’s R&D Unit has produced this system utilizing their technological innovations and expertise. The market price of this UPW plant is estimated at Rs 13 million, while SLN’s R&D Unit had produced this unit at relatively low cost of only Rs 1.7 million. The purified water processed through this unit has been awarded the Association of Advanced Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) certification, and has received higher recognition from the Kidney specialists of the Kandy Teaching Hospital .
Empowering the national programme of Kidney Disease Prevention, the SLN is determined to install similar facilities at every hospital that possesses dialysis units. Up to now, the SLN has installed a total of 223 Reverse Osmosis plants throughout the country, and facilitates the civilian population with safe drinking water.