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Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital appeals for critical surgical supplies Source : newswire The Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital in Colombo has appealed for public assistance as the orthopedic ward is in urgent need of critical surgical supplies. According to orthopedic surgeons, the hospital is rapidly running out of these supplies, and surgeons are cutting corners and trying to stretch the limited stocks. “After we run out of the stocks, we will not be able to undertake surgeries. We can’t put off these surgeries in growing kids. This is going to be a big tragedy,” they warned. The hospital has made appeals for public assistance to address the shortage of essential surgical supplies. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Dimuthu Tennakoon and his team hope that donors will assist the hospital to procure these supplies, which are available in the local market but are unaffordable for patients. Donors could either directly make purchases from suppliers and ...

The Hospital Quandary – by Dr. Tilak S.Fernando Private organisations work more efficiently than Government ones do. The Russian Friendship Teaching Hospital in Malabe could be seen as a typical example, (before and after the Government took over). One can still, have a private consultation (from the 4thfloor) at a price. Could this impasse be due to the lackadaisical approach of the staff working on Government concerns? The writer recently accompanied a patient to a semi-Government hospital in Kotte for an operation on 21 March. The surgeon was exceptionally kind and arranged everything possible for the patient. The patient was asked to get x-rays before surgery. The patient produced the x-rays taken at a private hospital, but the doctors at the semi-Government hospital rejected them saying “All x-rays must be taken at a particular private hospital in Colombo”. So, the patient had to spend extra money to travel to Colombo, ...