On a request made to the Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG), the port donated much-needed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the District General Hospital in Hambantota, during the months of March and April.
5200 surgical face masks and gloves, 500 N90 masks, and 50 Personal Protective Suits were handed over by port officials recently, to Dr. Suranga Ubeysekara, Medical Director of the District General Hospital.
Tissa Wickramasinghe, Chief Operating Officer of HIPG, Yongzhuang Li, Designate-General Manager - Policy & Strategy Planning, Jeevan Premasara, General Manager HR and members of the management of HIPG were present at the occasion, the company said in a media release.
The District General Hospital of Hambantota is a screening centre for COVID-19 infections and has a separate ward to treat patients.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
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