
AGM – March 2022
Dave Paramanandan
Capital of Eastern Province
Population of >1.6 Mil people
- Teaching Hospital : 01 Batticaloa TH
- General Hospital : 02
- Base Hospital : 15
- Divisional Hospital : 35
- Primary Healthcare Units : 56





The Concept of Accident and Emergency Care Unit
- This concept was tabled to Ministry Of Health after the Tsunami, 2004.
- Dead or missing ~ 33 K people
District | Death | Missing |
---|---|---|
Batticaloa | 2,840 | 1,033 |
Ampara | 10,436 | 873 |
Trincomalee | 1,078 | 337 |
Total | 14,354 | 2,243 |
The Old Emergency Care Unit THB
New Accident and Emergency Care Unit THB

- Officially opened on 16th of June 2018
- Opened to Public on Dec 2018
- Treating 230 to 300 patients daily
The New Accident and Emergency Care Unit THB
The New Look of Accident and Emergency Care Unit- BTH
Batticaloa Easter Sunday Tragedy
- 75 People brought in to NEW A& E Unit
- 26 Died at the scene or on admission
- 69 people were admitted
- 5 Died with in 4 weeks after admission
- ONLY 4 patients were airlifted to Colombo/Kandy hospital for further treatment
Covid-19 Pandemic
- The A &E short term ward is converted to Covid ward for almost two years to treat Covid Patients
Performance | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|
No of Covid-19 Patient Admission | 754 | 14,926 |
- Hospital Performance
Performance | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. of Treatment & Discharged | 15,628 | 3,887 | 2,655 | 2,449 |
No. of Admission to Wards | 65,904 | 47,707 | 22,962 | 25,807 |
No. of Wound Suture & Dressing | 4,500 | 4,841 | 5,468 | 6,900 |
No. of Anti-Rabies Vaccine | 6,121 | 2,894 | 1,890 | 1,857 |
No. of Death | 109 | 135 | 128 | 126 |
Major & Minor Surgeries – January to December 2021 at A&E Unit
Category | No. of Major Surgery | No. of Minor Surgery |
---|---|---|
General Surgery | 1,238 | 5,494 |
Orthopedic Surgery | 695 | 872 |
Neurosurgery | 291 | 102 |
Gyn. & Obs. Surgery | 1,115 | 180 |
Plastic Surgery | 286 | 576 |
OMF Surgery | 136 | 89 |
ENT Surgery | 378 | 320 |
Gastroenterological Surgery | 6 | 18 |
Urology Surgery | 740 | 561 |
Total | 4,885 | 8,212 |
Grant Total | 13,097 |
Fulfill the Commitment - CT Scanner
- Procure & Deploying “160 Canon Aquilion Prime” CT Scanner as part our commitment
- Cost of CT Scanner – 160 Slice – USD > 600K
- BEAP Contribution > $230K USD, the balance by MOH
- Warranty Period 4 years, additional 4 years Support
The State of the Art CT facility was officially open for public patients on 15th of Jan 2022 by Dr. Asela Gunawardena, DGHS, MOH

- Two Radiologists –Dr. Sureshini & Dr. Dilack Kuma
- 19 Technicians
- Third Radiologist Appointment – March 2022
- New Registrar Appointment – April 2022
- Two new Junior Radiologists – by June 2022
The New Look of CT Facility
Special Thank You

- Batticaloa Underprivileged Development Society (BUDS) – UK
- Mr.Arudsiva- Engineering Society ( North & East) Australia
- Singing-Fish Old Student Association (Batticaloa/Ampara)- Melbourne