It is reported that President Anura Dissanayake’s immediate attention to the issue of a large mound of earth collapsing into the dormitories of doctors and nurses behind the Nuwara Eliya District General Hospital following the recent heavy rains in the Nuwara Eliya area has made it easier to resolve the issue.
Hospital Director Dr. Nihal Weerasuriya pointed out to the President that due to the landslide, rainwater has seeped into the dormitories of nurses and doctors, making it difficult to stay in those dormitories, and that as a result, nearly 230 nurses and doctors are staying in wards where there are no patients in the hospital. He made this presentation while attending the Nuwara Eliya District Development Committee meeting held under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Dr. Nihal Jayasuriya further said that the staff of the Nuwara Eliya Hospital is 1390 and that the 4-storey doctors’ and 4-storey nurses’ dormitories have been severely damaged by the landslide.
President Anura Dissanayake said that if it is possible to obtain another building on a rental basis to temporarily operate the medical dormitories, provisions can be made for that. Accordingly, Dr. Nihal Weerasuriya requested that several government tourist resorts located near the Nuwara Eliya Hospital be temporarily provided to the hospital. The President, who agreed, instructed that the request be submitted in writing to the District Secretary and that if there is any problem, he should contact him by phone.