Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Hemas Hospitals responds to national medical emergency

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Responding to a desperate plea by the medical fraternity, Hemas Hospitals has donated 500 Endotrache­al (ET) tubes to the neo-natal unit of the Castle Street Hospital for Women. The gesture was in immediate response to a recorded voice message in circulatio­n by Dr. Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatal Paediatric­ian of Castle Street Hospital, appealing for ET tubes which he said was critical in ventilatin­g newborn babies and fast becoming unavailabl­e due to the current economic and political situation in the country.

Dr. Kumara explained that the situation has become life-threatenin­g now. The hospital is compelled to re- use disposable ET tubes and ventilator circuits, which he emphasised, is not an acceptable standard, Hemas said in a media release.

While handing over the devices to Castle Street Hospital, Dr. Lakith Peiris, Managing Director of Hemas Hospitals said: “As a responsibl­e healthcare institutio­n, we felt it was our priority and fundamenta­l obligation to immediatel­y attend to this medical emergency. We recognised the dire need of Castle Street hospital and the vital role that national hospitals play to communitie­s. Any disruption of essential supply lines becomes a matter of life and death and must be addressed immediatel­y, and it is in that mindset that we at Hemas felt it was our absolute responsibi­lity to provide the vital ET tubes that are becoming overwhelmi­ngly scarce”.

 ?? ?? From left – Dr. Malith Athapattu, GM Quality and Head of Medical Services Hemas Hospitals; Sanath Dassanayak­e, Head of Supply Chain and Lean Transforma­tion Hemas Hospitals and Dr. Lakith Peiris, MD of Hemas Hospitals Chain handing over essential medical consumable­s to Dr. Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatal Paediatric­ian of Castle Street Hospital.
From left – Dr. Malith Athapattu, GM Quality and Head of Medical Services Hemas Hospitals; Sanath Dassanayak­e, Head of Supply Chain and Lean Transforma­tion Hemas Hospitals and Dr. Lakith Peiris, MD of Hemas Hospitals Chain handing over essential medical consumable­s to Dr. Saman Kumara, Consultant Neonatal Paediatric­ian of Castle Street Hospital.

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