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Military Hospital to be relocated at Moratuwa The Military Hospital at Slave Island is to be relocated at Moratuwa, hospital sources said. The De Soyza Memorial Hospital premises in Lunawa will be the location for the new Military Hospital. Four acres of land in Uyana Road close to the Lunawa railway station houses the partly deserted hospital, which is more than a hundred years old. The main entrance to the hospital from the coast road was closed a few years ago. Now only a few wards and the OPD section are available for patients and the entrance is from Uyana Road. The main building of the hospital was demolished and the land so vacated was used to relocate tsunami victims from the area. Last week, the Presidential Secretariat gave the green light to acquire the hospital premises. Following the suicide attempt on the Army Commander last month, defence authorities have drafted a new security plan for the Army Headquarters. Under this plan the bulk of administration work and the military hospital will be relocated.The Welfare Department of the Army is to be shifted to Anuradhapura, while the sports section and the Medical Corps. will be relocated close to the respective camps. The OPD and the housing project for tsunami victims at the De Soysa Hospital premises is to be moved elsewhere.
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