German Embassy helps with finances for Kelaniya Uni’s revamped Rickettsial diagnostics lab
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The German Embassy has financed the purchase of a fluorescence microscope in support of the Kelaniya University’s Faculty of Medicine re-location and re-establishment of its Rickettsial Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory.
Rickettsial Disease, which carries a high mortality, is spread by ticks, mites, fleas and body lice and is present in both urban and rural areas.
The Rickettsial Disease Diagnostics and Research Laboratory has in the past supported the diagnosis and treatment of nearly 6,000 patients islandwide. As the lab had to be moved from one department to another for logistical reasons it was deprived of the use of valuable technical and human resources.