Nawaloka Archives

Many Sri Lankan Private Hospitals. – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando Despite all the consumer items going up in prices on a daily basis, so are the channeling services in private hospitals. It varies from hospital to hospital! For example , especially in Colombo hospitals, there are rumors floating about that the Nawaloka hospital is facing the brink of bankruptcy, but once one enters the hospital , it could be seen full of patients in every corner all the time! In Nawaloka there is a particular charge at the rate of Rs.4000.00 ( for a professor of Nephrologist (the one who deals with one’s kidneys) where the Hospitals charges vary from 1300 to for other specialists. This exorbitant amount is known as the ‘Professor’ , a distinguished title which is known for the specialists for this discipline. This extra charge of Rs.4000, (hospital charge for channelizing extra and a service ...

Salute to Our Medical Staff Source:-ceylontoday By Admiral (Rtd) Ravindra C Wijegunaratne (Former Chief of Defence Staff) My late mother was a nurse. She was very beautiful and strong. She had 41 years of Government service and reached the pinnacle of her profession before retirement and went abroad. Then she worked in Norway and Saudi Arabia for a few years. She returned home when we lost our elder sister due to an accident in Russia. Then for the next 20 years she worked in private hospitals in Sri Lanka (Nawaloka, Asiri, Central, Delmon in Colombo and Philips at Kalutara). Her last assignment was to train young nurses in the Philips hospital in Kalutara, closer to our home in Matugama. She stopped working at age of 80 years that was also with much reluctance. She passed way at the age of 83 years. More than her earnings, her work and ...