Dialog Axiata pledges Rs. 200 mln to enhance Sri Lanka’s ICU units
View(s):
From left - Dr. Sunil De Alwis - Additional Secretary (Medical Services) Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services; Bhadrani Jayawardena – Secretary, Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services; Pavithra Wanniarachchi - Minister of Health and Indigenous Medical Services; Supun Weerasinghe - Group Chief Executive, Dialog Axiata PLC; Dr. Anil Jasinghe - Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services and Amali Nanayakkara - Group Chief Marketing Officer, Dialog Axiata PLC.
Dialog Axiata PLC has pledged Rs. 200 million for urgently required ICU capacity development in hospitals selected by the Ministry of Health.
This will be utilised for expanding healthcare systems to provide critical care services and provide accessibility to intensive care for patients, Dialog said in a statement on Wednesday.
Dialog Axiata pledged the money towards augmenting intensive care facilities, providing state-of-the-art medical equipment, and enhancing ICU capacity in Sri Lanka that would not only serve to treat COVID-19 but will also continue to support all other patients who require intensive care treatment, in a post-COVID era.
Commenting on the donation, Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Minister of Health and Indigenous Medical Services said, “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Dialog Axiata, for pledging this mammoth amount towards this national cause. Dialog has long been a consistent supporter and enabler in national development, especially at times when the country’s needs are at its greatest. We hope this donation by Dialog sets a precedent for corporate Sri Lanka to rise to the occasion and support us in our national healthcare efforts.”
Supun Weerasinghe, Group Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata PLC said, “We are immensely grateful to the Government for their wide-scale efforts in mitigating the adverse effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and to all those in the frontlines, willing to sacrifice their own safety and well-being during this unprecedented time to forge ahead and get Sri Lanka to overcome this pandemic. We are thankful to over 15 million of our customers for enabling this initiative and giving us the strength to help Sri Lanka through this crisis.”