Little Hearts hospital wing for critically ill children nears completion
The construction work of the Cardiac and Critical Care
Complex at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in Colombo, initiated
through the Little Hearts’ national fundraising project is now nearing completion.
Manusath Derana joined hands with ‘Little Hearts’ at its
inception in 2016, becoming the main media partner of the campaign.
‘Little Hearts’ got under way with the support of Sri Lanka
College of Paediatricians in a bid to raise funds to expedite the constructions
of this state-of-the-art hospital wing at the Lady Ridgeway Hospital.
Nearly ten out of 1000 infants die before they reach their
first birthday due to congenital heart disease (CHD) and it remains the main
cause of infant deaths in Sri Lanka.
The project aims to provide timely and best possible
treatment to children suffering from heart diseases and critical illnesses.
The 12-storey hospital wing is expected to feature cardiac
operating theatres and to increase the total number of cardiac ICU beds from 18
to 40.
Further, it will include more than 100 medical and neonatal
intensive care beds, as well as areas for advanced cardiac investigations and
staff training facilities to provide optimum care for children.
According to Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau, the
estim imated cost of the ‘Little Hearts’ project is Rs. 2 billion. Along with
the money raised and pledged for the project, it has more than Rs. 900 million.
Source news.lk
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