Hospital Director Specialist Dr. Sumith Attanayake requests the public to refrain from bringing any patients to Chilaw General Hospital until further notice.
Hakawa Hospital was severely damaged by the floods caused by the heavy rains that fell in the past few days, and he says that the hospital is already more than five feet under water.
Due to this, the hospital director said that steps were taken to send critically ill patients who were receiving treatment at the hospital to Colombo and Puttalam Wariyapola and Kurunegala hospitals with the assistance of Air Force helicopters and the Army and Navy.