New building worth Rs. 30 mln for IDH for new CT scan machine
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Navy Commodore Sisira Weerakoon, Dr. Krishani Abeywickrama along with Engineer Chaminda Weerasinghe and Engineer Dammika Padeniya.
The main Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Sri Lanka has been functioning without a CT scan machine and the needy patients have been taken to other hospitals when a CT scan is to be performed. The Ministry of Health has allocated a CT scan machine to the IDH but there was a need to construct a building on an urgent basis to house the CT scanner and perform the required tests.
Accepting a proposal submitted by Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, Consultant Physician of IDH, the Engineering Association of Group 92/93 of the University of Moratuwa (UOM) agreed to come forward and help construct this special two storied building with an extent of 325m2 which consist of CT Scan Machine Room, Control Room, UPS and Transformer rooms, waiting rooms for patients, consultation rooms for consultants and radiologists etc, the association said in a media release.
The association President and General Secretary on April 6 informed Dr. Hasitha Attanayake, Director – IDH, Dr. Ananda Wijewickrama, Consultant Physician of IDH and Dr. (Ms.) Kishani Abeywardena – Consultant Radiologist of IDH the commitment of its membership to raise the required Rs. 30 million to complete the building within the first half of May.
Construction commenced on April 10 by the Sri Lanka Navy. “The commitment and services offered by Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB) as the consultant to the project is commendable. Sri Lanka Navy has pledged complete support to the project by providing manpower and site supervision until the completion of the project,” the release said.